AKIVA BER BEN YOSEPH. Avodath Borei, Mahadura Bathra [prayers for both weekdays, Sabbath and Holidays with an extensive kabbalistic commentary

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AKIVA BER BEN YOSEPH. Avodath Borei, Mahadura Bathra [prayers for both weekdays, Sabbath and Holidays with an extensive kabbalistic commentary

FIRST EDITION of full commentary ff. 4, 106. Contemporary elaborately tooled calf with central cartouche on heavy wooden boards, two metal clasps lacking hinges, spine chipped. 4to Vinograd, Sulzbach 66

Sulzbach : Aaron ben Uri Lipman 1707

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $600

The author was the son-in-law of R. Feitel Isserles of Vienna. After the expulsion of the Jews from Vienna, he served as Rabbi of Zeckendorf. At the time of this publication he served as Rabbi of Gunzhausen. The leading Rabbis in their approbations entitle the author as "Sar Ha-Torah" (Prince of the Torah). The first edition which was published in Wilhermsdorf, 1688 contained only 52 leaves and covered only weekday prayers and the Sabbath eveing prayer, the present edition contains twice as much material.