(The SHeLa”H Hakodosh). Shnei Luchoth Habrith. Issued with Vavei Amudim by Horowitz’s son Shabtai Sheftel

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HOROWITZ, ISAIAH BEN ABRAHAM HALEVI

(The SHeLa”H Hakodosh). Shnei Luchoth Habrith. Issued with Vavei Amudim by Horowitz’s son Shabtai Sheftel

Third edition. With finely engraved frontispiece by Abraham ben Jacob (See M.H.Gans, Memorbook: History of Dutch Jewry” (1971) p.141) ff.(4), 422, 44, (12). Previous owners’ signature and stamps on titles and final leaf, worn and stained in places. Later calf rebacked, rubbed. Folio Vinograd, Amsterdam 668; Fuks, Amstersdam 405

Amsterdam: Immanuel ben Joseph Athias 1698

Est: $3,000 - $4,000

This edition of the SHeLa”H’s extensive work on Halachah, Kabbalah and ethical philosophy is considered one of the most beautifully produced of Hebrew printed books. Part code and part Kabbalistic treatise, the Shnei Luchoth Habrith exerted great influence on the life of the Jews of Eastern Europe and helped, more than any other book, to introduce the Kabbalah into daily religious life. “Horowitz introduced many customs in the ritual and in the observance of other laws which have no basis otherwise, except in the Kabbalah, and because of his authority were accepted by a great part of Jewry.” M. Waxman, History of Jewish Literature, Vol. II pp. 420-1