(Luria, Isaac. (AR”I) & Jacob Temerls). Kabbalistic essays

AUCTION 15 | Tuesday, March 12th, 2002 at 1:00

Fine Hebrew Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners

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Lot 466

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(Luria, Isaac. (AR”I) & Jacob Temerls). Kabbalistic essays

Neat Ashkenazic cursive Hebrew script with occasional square letters. With four diagrams of right and left hands and a detailed majestic chart of the Sefiroth and their Kabbalistic connections with the Hebrew letters, human senses, the seasons and the twelve tribes ff.2. Lightly browned and rubbed at edges with marginal repairs, some worming. Clean small tears along central fold on f.1 not affecting text. Modern boards. Folio

Poland: 17th Century

Est: $3,000 - $5,000

Contains two important Kabbalistic essays, one of which is attributed to Isaac Luria, the famed AR”I, on the Kabbalistic significance of the Hebrew alphabet and its connection to the various parts of the fingers when the hand is both open and closed. The scribe cites a commentary by his teacher, Jacob Aschkenazi (also known as Jacob Temerls, d.1666). An outstanding German Talmudist and Kabbalist who resided in Poland, Temerls authored Sifra De'tzniutha De'yaakov (Amsterdam, 1669) and fasted daily for forty years. See C.N. Dembitzer, Keliloth Yofi, Vol. II, pp. 117-125