Moshe Yonah of Safed (disciple of Isaac Luria, Ar”I z”L). Kanphei Yonah

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

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Lot 214

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Moshe Yonah of Safed (disciple of Isaac Luria, Ar”I z”L). Kanphei Yonah

Hebrew Manuscript on paper. Cursive Yemenite Script with some marginal notes. Scribe: Yosef ben Abraham Tzalach (grandson of Rabbi Yachya Tzalach, author of Mekor Chaim) signed on colophon of final leaf ff.111. Stained and rubbed at edges. Unbound. 4to

(Yemen): 1823

Est: $1,500 - $2,000

The first published edition of the Kanphei Yonah (Koretz, 1786) was based upon the compilation of Menachem Azariah Fano. According to Gershon Scholem, his expositions of Luria’s teaching “excels in clarity” and therefore remains one of the most important Kabbalistic texts. Contains Kavanoth for prayer, Sabbath, Festivals and other Kabalistic concerns