Ziv Shadai [kabbalistic elucidation of the essays of Rabbah bar Bar Chana]

AUCTION 19 | Tuesday, March 11th, 2003 at 1:00

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KREMNITZ, JUDAH LEIB.

Ziv Shadai [kabbalistic elucidation of the essays of Rabbah bar Bar Chana]

FIRST EDITION. Printed without a title page ff. (8). Lightly stained, neat marginal repairs, marginalia in an old-hand. Modern boards. Sm. 4to Vinograd, Lublin 181

Lublin: Kalonymus Kalman Jaffe 1634

Est: $8,000 - $12,000

PRICE REALIZED $11,000

THE FIRST WORK OF LURIAIC KABBALAH PRINTED IN POLAND. EXCEPTIONALLY RARE. NO COPY IN THE JNUL. No copy listed by Weiner in Koheleth Moshe. Little is known about the author’s life, however, the approbations in this volume praise him highly, referring to him as the “Famous Holy Mekubal” who “explains secrets like Bar Yochai.” In Gershom Scholem’s celebrated list of desiderata “Alu LeShalom,” Ziv Shadai is listed as number 20 - a testament to its elusiveness.