(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. Title within architectural arch

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: - 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 the later, Orta-Koj edition. It is a custom among many communities to daily study portions of this work especially during the month of Elul leading up to the High Holy Days. The present volume was evidently read in this manner as there are manuscript notations as such; e.g. see ff. 36a (“ad kan yom zayin”), 55b (“ad kan yom yud aleph”), 106a (“ad kan yom kaf aleph”) etc