Azikri, Eleazar Ben Moses; Moses Isserles

SEFER HAREDIM [BOUND WITH] SEFER MEHIR YAYIN

No Publisher, 1865. Item #32537

Mid 19th Century? Quarter leather and boards. 8vo. [90; 48] pages. 20 cm. In Hebrew. Sefer Haredim by Azikri, Eleazar ben Moses (date publish and location unknown) , one of the great Safed Kabbalists of the late 1500s; Spiritual and ascetic manual, arranged according to the mitzvot in usage at the time and their division according to the limbs of the body and according to time. This book had a wide circulation and was printed in over 27 editions. Bound with Sefer Mehir Yayin (1865; place unknown) , a philosophical, allegorical, and kabbalistic commentary on the Book of Esther. The author, R. Moses ben Israel Isserles (Rema, c. 1530-1572) , a student of R. Shalom Shachna of Lublin (d. 1558) , among the foremost halakhic authorities, is better known for his Haggahot or ha-Mappah, glosses on the Shulhan Arukh. It was the addition of the Mappah to the Shulhan Arukh that made that work acceptable to Ashkenazim and an authoritative halakhic source to this day. Subjects: Kabbalists. Bible. - Esther - Commentaries - Early works to 1800. Purim - Early works to 1800. Staining to top of pages. Yellowing of pages. Wear to binding. Taping to first three pages. Bumped cover corners and edges. Otherwise fresh. Good condition. (Heb-35-3).

Price: $150.00