Peirush HaTorah [Kabbalistic commentary to the Torah]

Estimate: $2,000–$3,000
Hammer price: $1,500

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author

RECANATI, MENACHEM

Place

Italy

Publication

14th century

Description

Manuscript in Hebrew, written in semi-cursive Italian hand on vellum . Fragment of four leaves removed from a binding. * Accompanied by a description prepared by Dr. Shlomo Zucker, Jerusalem.

summary

These leaves were later used to form a binding for municipal documents from an Italian archive, dated 1682. The text included here is that of the Recanati’s kabbalistic commentary to the Torah on portions of Beshalach, Yithro and Tetzaveh. R. Menachem Recanati (c.1250-1310) was an Italian rabbi who devoted the chief part of his writings to the Kabbalah. His Kabbalistic commentary to the Torah was first published in Venice in 1523. <

ff. 4. Worn, loss of text. Modern boards. Folio.

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