De La Rosa, Chaim. Torath Chacham [commentary on the Etz Chaim by R. Chaim Vital]

AUCTION 37 | Tuesday, June 26th, 2007 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 129
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De La Rosa, Chaim. Torath Chacham [commentary on the Etz Chaim by R. Chaim Vital]

FIRST EDITION ff. 2, 172. Some staining. Contemporary half calf, rubbed. 4to Vinograd, Salonika 824.

Salonika: D. Fragi 1848

Est: $400 - $600
An important exposition of the works of both R. Chaim Vital and R. Shalom Sharabi. Together with Sharabi, the Chid”a and R. Yom Tov Algazi, the author, de la Rosa, was one of the leaders of the Beth El Yeshiva. He signed a "Shtar Hithkashruth" in which the signatories pledged themselves to a life of complete spiritual partnership in “this World and in the World to Come.” See Aryeh Leib Frumkin, Toldoth Chachmei Yerushalayim, Part III, p. 119-20; and S. Wanunu, Arzei Ha-Levanon (2006) Vol. II, pp. 615-20