Lekach Tov [commentary to the Torah]

Estimate: $6,000–$8,000
Hammer price: $7,000

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author

NAJARA, MOSES

printer

Solomon & Joseph Ya’avetz

Place

Constantinople

Publication

1575

Description

FIRST EDITION. A sound, wide-margined copy

references

Vinograd, Const. 250; Yaari, Const. 183; not in Adams

summary

The author lived in Damascus and Safed and was one of the disciples of Isaac Luria (the Ari Zal). His son, Israel Najara, was the distinguished poet, author of Y-ah Ribon. The Kabbalistic work Shaar HaKelalim published in the Etz Chaim by R. Chaim Vital is attributed to R. Moshe Najara in many manuscripts.The present work is an important Halachic and Aggadic commentary to the Pentateuch and especially the precepts, together with Kabbalistic inferences

ff. 149, (1). Opening and closing few leaves dampstained, f.147 with tear at corner, clean tear and repair on f.3. later calf, spine gilt, stain on lower cover. Folio

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