AARON BERACHIAH BEN MOSES OF MODENA. Ma’avar Yabok [deathbed prayers]

Estimate

$500–$700

Hammer price

$600

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(LITURGY).

printer

Shapira Brothers

Place

Zhitomir

Publication

1851

references

Vinograd, Zhitomir 104

summary

Includes laws of visiting the sick, and correct behavior concerning the deceased and mourners. The publishers state that they followed the Amsterdam (1738) edition. The author (d. 1639), was a follower of the Lurianic Kabbalah as transmitted to Italian scholars by R. Israel Sarug. R. Chaim Joseph David Azulai attests he saw several kabbalistic manuscripts by R. Aaron Berechiah in the Modena home of his descendants, members of the Sanguinetti family. Azulai notes the speculation that R. Aaron Berechiah was regularly visited by a Maggid, or celestial guide. Azulai, Shem HaGedolim I, A-121; see also EJ, Vol. II, col. 18; Vol. XIV, col. 890

ff. 1, 229. Some staining , slight marginal worming repaired. Contemporary boards, recased and rebacked. 8vo

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