Gaon of Vilna). Tikunei HaZohar, with: Tikunim from Zohar Chadash (Traditionally ascribed to R. Shimon b"r Yochai). With commentary Biur HaGr"a by the Vilna Gaon

(ELIJAH BEN SOLOMON ZALMAN.

Fuenn and Rosencrantz

Vilna

1867

FIRST EDITION OF COMMENTARY. Two titles

Vinograd, Gr"a 724

A classic Kabbalistic text, the Tikunei Hazohar is divided into seventy chapters, or "Tikunim" (plus an additional eleven Tikunim from a different manuscript). Each Tikun expounds upon an interpretation of the word "Bereishith," conforming to the "Seventy Aspects of the Torah." The expositions in the book digress widely, and often focus upon matters not included in the main body of the Zohar: - esoterica of the vowel point and accents, wisdom underlying prayer and Halachah, etc. This Vilna edition was published by the philanthropist Shmarya Zuckerman (the Gaon was his wife's great-grandfather) who collected and published many of the Gaon's writings. It is particulalrly noteworthy as it was published from the Gaon's autograph manuscript as opposed to notes recorded by students. The introduction records the comment by R. Abraham, the son of the Gr"a, noting that his father wrote thirty works on the Zohar and he would not be ashamed to recite them to R. Shimon B"r Yochai himself ! It is a custom among many communities to study portions of this work daily, especially during the month of Elul through Yom Kippur. See the forty day calendar at the end of the introduction