Sar Shalom [ethical commentary to Shir HaShirim]

ARIPOL, SHMUEL.

Abraham and Eliezer Aschkenazi

Tzfath (Safed)

1578-79

Vinograd, Safed 3; Yaari, Safed 3.

The third of only six Hebrew books printed in Safed before printing ceased, not to be resumed for some 250 years. All six books were printed by the Family Aschkenazi over a course of ten years. Exceptionally rare. Not seen nor cited by Yosef Y. Rivlin in his pioneering article LeToldot HaDefus B’Eretz Yisrael Ube’Suria in: Mizrach U’Maariv, Vol. I, pp. 104-9. Contains two important approbations and introductions by two of the greatest scholars of Safed: R. Elisha Gallico and R. Moshe b. Machir. Sar Shalom is one of the most comprehensive commentaries to the Song of Songs. The author interprets these oft enigmatic verses in many differing styles, from Peshat to Zoharic. See A.J. Karp. From the Ends of the Earth: Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress (1991) pp.17-18.