Yesod ha-Emunah [“The Foundation of Faith”]
AUCTION 29 |
Monday, June 20th,
2005 at 1:00
Superior Hebrew Printed Books: Singular Selections from Two Distingushed Private Collections with American-Judaica.
Lot 65
YA’AVETZ, JOSEPH
Yesod ha-Emunah [“The Foundation of Faith”]
Ferrara: Abraham ibn Usque 1554
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
PRICE REALIZED $3,250
Second Work in Trilogy by He-Chassid Ya’avetz.
In Yesod ha-Emunah, Ya’avetz condenses Maimonides’ thirteen Articles of Faith into three: 1) Creation of the world; 2) Divine Providence; and 3) The Oneness of God (f.2r.). The author writes that these three articles of faith are the subject of the three Sabbath prayers, as well as of the three Sabbath meals (shalosh se’udoth). The evening prayer speaks of the Creation; the morning prayer touches upon the Giving of the Torah to Moses on Mount Sinai, a prime example of Divine providence; while the afternooon prayer declares “Atah echad” [You are one] (f.8)