Peirush Seder Avodath Yom HaKippurim [Kabbalistic commentary to the Temple Service on the Day of Atonement]. Published by the author’s son, Gedaliah. Final page with poem in praise of the author by Samuel Archivolti.

Estimate

$1,000–$1,500

Hammer price

$1,200

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author

CORDOVERO, MOSES

printer

Giovanni di Gara

Place

Venice

Publication

1587

Description

FIRST EDITION.

references

Vinograd, Venice 714; Habermann, di Gara 95.

summary

A TREASURE OF CORDOVERAN KABBALAH. Rabbi Moses Cordovero (Rama”k) (1522-70) was the greatest kabbalist of Safed in the era prior to R. Isaac Luria. Cordovero’s works excel in their logical, orderly presentation, as opposed to the more complex Lurianic kabbalistic systems. In generations to come, Cordoveran kabbalah would be eclipsed by the exponentially more complex Lurianic kabbalah. Nevertheless, the works of Cordovero, including this slim volume which invests the Temple service of Yom Kippur with rich, mystic significance - remain classics of Jewish mysticism. The final leaves (ff. 38b-40a) contain a discussion by R. Menachem Azariah (RaMA) of Fano on the impermissibility of donning Tefillin on Chol HaMo’ed.

ff. 40. Signature dated 1622 on title, slight stains. Contemporary vellum, worn, gutter split. 12mo.

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