(The SHeLa”H Hakodosh). Shnei Luchoth Habrith. Issued with Vavei Amudim by Horowitz’s son Shabtai Sheftel

AUCTION 11 | Tuesday, November 28th, 2000 at 1:00

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Lot 172

HOROWITZ, ISAIAH BEN ABRAHAM HALEVI

(The SHeLa”H Hakodosh). Shnei Luchoth Habrith. Issued with Vavei Amudim by Horowitz’s son Shabtai Sheftel

Third edition. With finely engraved frontispiece by Abraham ben Jacob (See M.H.Gans, Memorbook: History of Dutch Jewry” (1971) p.141) ff.(4),422,44,(12). Opening four leaves taped, lightly worn and stained in places, previous owners inscriptions on front and rear paste-downs. Contemporary blind-tooled chestnut calf over thick wooden boards, worn and rebacked. Folio Vinograd, Amsterdam 668; Fuks, Amstersdam 405

Amsterdam: Immanuel ben Joseph Athias 1698

Est: $800 - $1,200

PRICE REALIZED $1,300

This edition of the SHeLa”H’s extensive work on Halachah, Kabbalah and ethical philosophy is considered one of the most beautifully produced of Hebrew printed books. Part code and part kabbalistic treatise, the Shnei Luchoth Habrith, abbreviated to SHeLa”H, exerted great influence on the life of the Jews of Eastern Europe and helped more than any other book to introduce the Kabbalah into daily religious life. “Horowitz introduced many customs in the ritual and in the observance of other laws which have no basis otherwise except in the Kabbalah, and because of his authority they were accepted by a great part of Jewry.” M. Waxman, Vol. II pp. 420-1