AKIVA BER BEN YOSEPH. Avodath Borei. With an extensive kabbalistic commentary

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $600

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author

(LITURGY)

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Yitzchak ben Yehudah Yudels Katz

Place

Wilhermsdorf

Publication

1688

Description

FIRST EDITION

references

Vinograd, Wilhermsdorf 44; Mehlman 611

summary

WITH THE RARE FINAL LEAF LACKING IN THE MEHLMAN COPY. The author was the son-in-law of R. Feitel Isserles of Vienna. After the expulsion of the Jews from Vienna, he served as Rabbi of Zeckendorf. The leading Rabbis in their approbations here call the author an "Ish Kadosh."

ff. 52. Browned with some staining, marginal repair on some leaves affecting some text. Modern boards. 4to

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