(RaBa”KH). Alon Bachuth

Cohen, Benjamin

Bragadin

Venice

1712

First edition.Illustrations on pp.1v and 63r (woman’s head), and p. 28r (man’s head)

Vinograd, Venice 1603

Commentary to the the Book of Lamentations. The work is divided into four parts: The first, a straightforward commentary; the second, a commentary that attempts to turn all the lamentations to consolations; the third, explanations of several passages from Midrash Lamentations Rabbah; and the fourth, commentary to the Fifteen Songs of Ascent (Psalms 120-134) that correspond to the fifteen Biblical generations from Abraham the Patriach to King Solomon The Author, Benjamin Cohen Vitale of Reggio (1651-1730) was the foremost Italian kabbalist of his day and universally held in the greatest reverence. He received the mantle of authority from the Kabbalist Moses Zacuto (RaMa”Z)