Sefer HaKavanoth [Kabbalistic intentions in prayer and performance of precepts]

VITAL, CHAIM

Meknes, Morocco

1737

Manuscript in Hebrew, written in a semi-cursive Sephardic hand on paper. Decorative title-page.

A fundamental Kabbalistic work written here by R. David ben Aaron ibn Hasin. Many of the notations and glosses throughout the text are seemingly by the scribe himself. R. David ibn Hasin was one of the great poets (paytanim) of Moroccan Jewry and his compositions were used throughout the Sephardic communities. His collection of poem and songs were first published under the title Tehilah LeDavid (Amsterdam 1807) and republished with commentary by Ephraim Hazzan.