Likutei Shik’chah U’peah [“Gleanings” - kabbalistic commentary on aggadic portions of the Talmud]
AUCTION 17 |
Tuesday, November 12th,
2002 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Works of Graphic and Ceremonial Art From Various Owners
Lot 131
ELIMELECH, ABRAHAM BEN JUDAH (ALMALEK/ELMALEH)
Likutei Shik’chah U’peah [“Gleanings” - kabbalistic commentary on aggadic portions of the Talmud]
Ferrara: Abraham ibn Usque 1556
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
PRICE REALIZED $3,000
Abraham ben Judah Almalek lived in Pesaro, Italy in the later half of the fifteenth century and was probably a Spanish exile. Little biographical information is known, though he provides a few autobiographical details in the preface to the present work.
This compedium of kabbalistic writings includes the (non-attributed) commentary of Spanish medieval kabbalist Ezra ben Solomon of Gerona on selected aggadic portions; Joseph ben Chaim's commentary on the Ten Sefiroth; and Joseph Gikiatilla's treatise on kabalistic subjects. It is unclear why Almalek concealed R. Ezra ben Solomon’s identity as the author of parts of the commentary in this work. For a detailed analysis of the fragments attributed to R. Ezra, see: I Tishby, Perush Ha’agadoth Le’rav Azriel (1945). p.12.