Peirush HaTorah [Kabbalistic commentary to the Torah]

AUCTION 66 | Thursday, November 19th, 2015 at 1:00

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

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Lot 65

RECANATI, MENACHEM

Peirush HaTorah [Kabbalistic commentary to the Torah]

Manuscript in Hebrew, written in semi-cursive Italian hand <<on vellum>> . Fragment of four leaves removed from a binding. <<*>> Accompanied by a description prepared by Dr. Shlomo Zucker, Jerusalem. ff. 4. Worn, loss of text. Modern boards. Folio.

Italy: 14th century

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

PRICE REALIZED $1,500

These leaves were later used to form a binding for municipal documents from an Italian archive, dated 1682. The text included here is that of the Recanati’s kabbalistic commentary to the Torah on portions of Beshalach, Yithro and Tetzaveh. R. Menachem Recanati (c.1250-1310) was an Italian rabbi who devoted the chief part of his writings to the Kabbalah. His Kabbalistic commentary to the Torah was first published in Venice in 1523. <<An early Kabbalistic text that long preceded the era of the Ariza”l. @