Yonath Elem

FANO, MENACHEM AZARIAH DA.

Judah ben Mordechai and Partners

Amsterdam

1648

FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Title within typographical border

Vinograd, Amsterdam 150; Fuks, Amsterdam 254

One of ten Kabbalistic treatises, collectively entitled Asarah Ma’amaroth - only parts of which have been printed. De Fano was first a disciple of Moses Cordovero, before developing into a fervent advocate of Isaac Luria’s system. Indeed, the Asarah Ma’amaroth bears strong Lurianic influences. Joseph Solomon Delmedigo gave him the appellation “Master Kabbalists of Western Lands.” Moreover, da Fano was not content to regard the Zohar as the fountain of only Esoteric Wisdom; he also viewed it as a major source in the realm of Halachah See I. Zinberg, Vol. IV pp.122-3 and M. Waxman, Vol. II p.419