Eitz Ha’chaim [Kabbalah]. Penned by the scribe Abraham ben Isaac of Vilna
AUCTION 11 |
Tuesday, November 28th,
2000 at 1:00
Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din
Lot 223
(VITAL, CHAIM).
Eitz Ha’chaim [Kabbalah]. Penned by the scribe Abraham ben Isaac of Vilna
Petrikov, near Pinsk: 1771
Est: $2,000 - $2,500
The Eitz Ha’chaim compendium includes all of Vital’s writings in which he elaborated upon the teachings of Isaac Luria (the AR”I). This manuscript has an elaborate title page praising the AR”I, who “had the soul of Bezalel ben Uri ben Chur” - the architect of the Tabernacle - and “to whom Elijah the Prophet revealed the secrets of the Torah.”
It is interesting to note that this manuscript indicates the spread of the study of Kabbalah in Lithuania in the 18th century