(Traditionally Attributed to). Tikunei Hazohar
AUCTION 42 |
Thursday, December 18th,
2008 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 246
SHIMON B”R YOCHAI
(Traditionally Attributed to). Tikunei Hazohar
Constantinople: Jonah ben Jacob Aschkenazi 1740
Est: $300 - $500
PRICE REALIZED $250
A classical Kabbalistic text, Tikunei Hazohar was designed to expound 70 novellae, each beginning with a new interpretation of the word Bereishith, conforming to the Seventy Aspects of the Torah. The expositions in the book digress widely and discuss topics not included in the main body of the Zohar.
The approbations here by the Rabbis of Constantinople state that the text in this edition is greatly improved, based upon a manuscript edited by R. Chaim Vital and given to R. Chaim Alfandari in Egypt. The present edition is further enhanced by the addition of new notes by Ashkenazic kabbalist R. Yaakov Vilna and his son R. Chaim Yerucham Vilna who served as the editor of the present edition. On R. Chaim Yerucham Vilna, see B. Naor, Post-Sabbatian Sabbatianism (1999) pp. 65.