Vital, Chaim. Sha’ar ha-Mitzvoth [The Gate of Commandments]

AUCTION 30 | Tuesday, September 20th, 2005 at 1:00

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Lot 215

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Vital, Chaim. Sha’ar ha-Mitzvoth [The Gate of Commandments]

Title within typographic border ff. 88. (According to Halevy, there should be an additional ff. (8) at the end of the book.) Leaves combined from two or more copies. Browned and stained. Modern boards. Sm. 4to Halevy 199

Jerusalem: Israel Bak 1873

Est: $300 - $500

Sha’ar ha-Mitzvoth, arranged according to the portions of the Pentateuch, is the fifth gate of the famous Shmonah She’arim or “Eight Gates” of R. Chaim Vital, authoritative transmitter of Lurianic kabbalah. The present edition was prepared from a manuscript of R. Samuel Vital, the author’s son