(Traditionally attributed to). Tikunei HaZohar [Kabbalah]

SHIMON B”R YOCHAI.

Meir b. Ephraim of Padua & Jakob b. Naphtali Hakohen of Gazolo

Mantua

1558

FIRST EDITION. Lengthy inscription on verso of title in a Sephardic hand with a number of marginal notes in the same hand

Vinograd, Mantua 59; Mehlman 1119; not in Adams

One of the most important, classical Kabbalistic texts. The Tikunei HaZohar is divided into seventy chapters, or "Tikunim" (plus an additional eleven tikunim from a different manuscript, ff. 136-46). Each tikun expounds upon an interpretation of the word "Bereishith," conforming to the "Seventy Aspects of the Torah." The expositions in the book digress widely, and often focus upon matters not included in the main body of the Zohar, such as, esoterica of the vowel point and accents, wisdom underlying prayer and Halachah, etc. Two widely divergent textual arrangments are found among manuscripts, which are reflected in turn in the present edition, and that of the later, Orta-Koj edition. It is a custom among many communities to study portions of this work daily, especially during the month of Elul leading to the Days of Awe