(SheLa”H HaKadosh). Shnei Luchoth HaBrith. Issued with Vavei HaAmudim by Author's son Shabthai Sheftel Horowitz

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Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Art

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Lot 140

HOROWITZ, ISAIAH BEN ABRAHAM HALEVI

(SheLa”H HaKadosh). Shnei Luchoth HaBrith. Issued with Vavei HaAmudim by Author's son Shabthai Sheftel Horowitz

Additional engraved title. Divisional title to Vavei HaAmudim. Scattered rabbinic marginalia ff.(4), 422; 44, (12). Outer margin of title taped, few light stains. Recent boards. Folio Vinograd, Amsterdam 668; Fuks, Amsterdam 405

Amsterdam: Immanuel ben Joseph Athias 1698

Est: $4,000 - $5,000

Part halachic code and part Kabbalistic treatise, the Shnei Luchoth HaBerith exerted great influence on the life of the Jews of Eastern Europe, and more than any other book was responsible for the introduction of Kabbalah into daily religious life. This edition of the SHeLa”H is considered one of the most beautifully produced Hebrew printed books. Chassidim consider the 1698 edition especially noteworthy, as it was published the year R. Israel Ba'al Shem Tov was born. Many of the teachings of Beshtian Chassidism have their source in the SheLa"H HaKadosh