Ma’avar Yabok [prayers for the sick and dead]

Estimate

$800–$1,200

Hammer price

$850

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author

AARON BERACHIAH BEN MOSES OF MODENA.

printer

Judah Samuel

Place

Mantua

Publication

1626

Description

FIRST EDITION. Few marginal notations.

references

Vinograd, Mantua 220; Mehlman 523.

summary

Includes laws of visiting the sick and correct modes of behavior toward the deceased and toward mourners. The author (d. 1639), was a follower of the Lurianic Kabbalah as transmitted to Italian scholars by the mysterious figure of R. Israel Sarug. R. Chaim Joseph David Azulai attests that he saw several Kabbalistic manuscripts of R. Aaron Berechiah in the home of his descendants, members of the Sanguinetti family of Modena. Azulai goes on to say he heard the author was visited regularly by a Maggid, or celestial guide. See Azulai, Shem HaGedolim I, A-121; EJ, Vol. II, col. 18; Vol. XIV, col. 890.

ff. 40, pp. 41-55, ff. 57-84; 146, 149-162, 155-172. Stained in places, few paper repairs to corners with minimal loss. Later boards, covers loose, worn. 4to.

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