Maamar Tzivoth HaShem. ff. 21. [Vinograd Shklov 36]. Shklov, Tzvi Hirsch Margalioth, 1785. * Bound with: [KEIDANER, YAAKOV]. Vikucha Raba. Pressburg, 1866

MENACHEM AZARIAH OF FANO

Two works bound in one volume

The first work is the sixth of ten Kabbalistic treatises collectively entitled Asarah Ma’amaroth composed by by De Fano, known by the acronym Rm"a Mi-Fano,1548-1620. The second work, is a debate between a Chassid and a Misnaged concerning Chassidic ideology. This work and the identification of its author has engendered much confusion among scholars (Dubnow, Zinberg, Deinard, Friedberg and Norman Lamm). It is Mondshein who has correctly identified him as Yaakov Keidaner, a Chabad Chassid and author of other works, including Sipurim Niphla'im. Although the topics of discussion in this debate are certainly relevant to the ideological differences between Chassidim and Misnagdim, certain historical facts and chronology are unreliable, and the protagonists are clearly imaginary