(SheLa”H HaKadosh). Shnei Luchoth HaBerith ["Two Tablets of the Law"]. Issued with Vavei HaAmudim by Author's son Shabthai Sheftel Horowitz

HOROWITZ, ISAIAH BEN ABRAHAM HALEVI

Immanuel ben Joseph Athias

Amsterdam

1698

Third edition. Additional engraved title by Abraham ben Jacob. Divisional title to Vavei HaAmudim. Wide-margined copy. Numerous Hebrew marginalia in an old hand. On front flyleaf, Hebrew inscription from Jerusalem. on divisional title of Vavei HaAmudim, Hebrew inscription: "Sepher ha-la-zeh ba al chelki me-izavon morishi be-tzedek, ha-k[atan] Moshe be-ha-Rav ha-Gaon ha-Gadol Mhor"r Ya'akov zt"l me-Heitzfeld' ["This book was rightfully bequeathed to me, the insignificant Moses, son of the great Gaon Jacob of Heidingsfeld, of blessed memory"] (See below)

Vinograd, Amsterdam 668; Fuks, Amstersdam 405

AN UNUSUALLY FINE WIDE-MARGINED COPY IN A HANDSOME CONTEMPORARY BINDING. This edition of the Shnei Luchoth HaBerith, an extensive work on Halachah, Kabbalah and ethical philosophy, is considered one of the most beautifully produced Hebrew printed books. Chassidim consider this particular edition to be especially noteworthy, as it was published in the year "Nachath," the year R. Israel Baal Shem Tov, founder of the Chassidic movement, was born. Many of the teachings of Chassidism have their source in the SheLa"H HaKadosh. The recorded Jewish history of the city of Heidingsfeld in Bavaria dates back to the thirteenth century. In the eighteenth century, Heidingsfeld became the seat of a chief rabbinate which included all the district communities of Wuerzburg. From 1727 to 1742, Rabbi Jacob ben Aryeh Loeb (Jacob Löw) served as Rabbi of the "Wuerzburger Kreis," with Heidingsfeld as its seat. See JE, Vol. VI, p. 320.