Auction 98 Auction of Fine Judaica
By Kestenbaum & Company
Jun 16, 2022
The Brooklyn Navy Yard Building 77, 141 Flushing Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11205, United States
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LOT 203:

(KABBALAH).
CHAIM VITAL.
Pri Eitz Chaim [mystical meditations ...

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(KABBALAH).
CHAIM VITAL.
Pri Eitz Chaim [mystical meditations for prayer, Sabbath and Festivals].


ff. (1), 150, (1). Trace wormed, previous owner's marks. Contemporary boards. Folio. Vinograd, Dubrovno 6.


Dubrovno: Baruch b. Eliyahu 1804

The last of only six books that were published in this small town situated along the Dnieper River, today, Belarus.


The dissemination of the Kabbalistic teachings of R. Isaac Luria (the AR”I Za”L), followed a convoluted route. The recension recorded by his disciple, R. Chaim Vital has the reputation of being the most authoritative. However, according to Scholem, this Dubrovno edition of Pri Eitz Chaim is based upon the recension of R. Meir Poppers.


See EJ, Vol. XVI cols. 171-76 for Gershom Scholem’s masterful survey of the complex history of R. Chaim Vital’s literary output.


הערה: הקטלוג העברית מיועד להנגיש את המכירה לציבור הישראלי הרחב. עם זאת, הטקסט בעברית עלול לחסר מידע חיוני על הפריט. על כל מציע לעיין בתיאור הפריט באנגלית לפני ההצעה. לא ניתן לבטל רכישה לאחר המכירה על סמך תיאור פריט שחיסר מידע בעברית.