Shoresh Yishai [Kabbalistic commentary to the Book of Ruth, with text]

AUCTION 65 | Thursday, June 25th, 2015 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art

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Lot 59

ALKABETZ, SOLOMON HALEVI.

Shoresh Yishai [Kabbalistic commentary to the Book of Ruth, with text]

<<First Edition.>> With small marginal notation on f. 4 ascribed to the author himself. ff. 96. Title within architectural arch bearing inscription, lower right portion of arch lost and resuppli ed in manuscript. Trace wormed, upper margins trimmed. Modern vellum-backed boards. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Const. 221; Yaari, Const. 163; Adams B-1327.

Constantinople: Solomon ibn Usque 1561

Est: $1,500 - $2,000

PRICE REALIZED $1,900

Solomon Alkabetz (c. 1505-84) was a liturgical poet and Kabbalist, venerated today as the composer of “Lechah Dodi,” a mystical love-song to the Sabbath Queen chanted at sundown, Sabbath-eve. Alkabetz, together with other members of a mystic fraternity headed by R. Joseph Karo, emigrated from the Balkans to the Land of Israel, settling in Safed in 1535. R. Moses Cordovero was initially Alkabetz’s student, although in time their relationship was reversed, with Alkabetz becoming a disciple of Cordovero. See EJ, Vol. II, cols. 635-7.