Eitz Chaim ["The Tree of Life": the fundamentals of Lurianic Kabbalah]

VITAL, CHAIM.

The Partners Shabthai ben Ben-Zion, et al

Shklov

1800

Vinograd, Shklov 113

The immense popularity of Vital's masterpiece is witnessed by the numerous editions of the book within a relatively short span of time. Between the years 1782-1796, Eitz Chaim went through four editions in Koretz, before being printed a fifth time in Shklov. Four years later, in 1804, a Dubrovna edition was issued. The book bears the formal Haskamah of the Rabbi of Shklov, Chanoch Henoch Schick, as well as that of the Rabbi of Dubrovna, Feibush ben Sh. Zalman. The man responsible for the publication, who held the rights for ten years henceforth, was a "Joseph ben Judah Leib of Liubavitz"