Tzava’oth HaGaon HaGadol HaMefursam Mohr”r Naphtali HaKohen zt”l [ethical will of R. Naphtali Katz]
AUCTION 61 |
Wednesday, March 12th,
2014 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic Art and Ceremonial Objects
Lot 172
KATZ, NAPHTALI BEN ISAAC.
Tzava’oth HaGaon HaGadol HaMefursam Mohr”r Naphtali HaKohen zt”l [ethical will of R. Naphtali Katz]
Vilna: Menachem Mann B. Baruch 1806
Est: $300 - $500
R. Naphtali Katz (1645-1719) served the prestigious communities of Ostraha, Posen, Frankfurt a/Main, and was elected as Honorary “President of Eretz Israel” by the community of Safed. On his way to the Holy Land he took ill and died in Constantinople. His ethical will was sent from there to his family, who were responsible for its publication. R. Naphtali Katz was one of those rare individuals who excelled both as halachist and kabbalist. His ethical will contains profound thought and moral instruction. The book also contains a captivating account of R. Naphtali’s last days in Ortakoi, Turkey. See EJ, Vol. X, col. 826.