Bidspirit auction | HANOVER, NATHAN NATA. Sha’arei Zion

HANOVER, NATHAN NATA. Sha’arei Zion [select prayers with mystical meditations]. Hebrew with portions in Judeo-German. ff. (36). Ex-library, stained, closely shaved, crude taped repairs, some loss supplied in an early hand. Modern boards. Sm 4to. Vinograd, Wilhermsdorf 47. Wilhermsdorf: Yitzchak Katz 1690 Nathan Nata Hanover (d. 1683), a native of Volhynia, survived the infamous Chmelnicki massacres of 1648-9, subsequently recording the atrocities in his woeful chronicle “Yeven Metzulah” (Venice, 1653). In Italy, where he sought refuge, he made the acquaintance of the great Kabbalists of the time: Moses Zacuto, Hayyim Cohen, Nathan Spira, and Benjamin Halevi. In the present work, Sha’arei Zion (first ed. 1662), Hanover recorded for posterity the Lurianic traditions he imbibed from these men. His work in turn, served as a conduit for the Kabbalistic traditions, and thus became immensely popular. Nathan Nata Hanover (d. 1683), a native of Volhynia, survived the infamous Chmelnicki massacres of 1648-9, subsequently recording the atrocities in his woeful chronicle “Yeven Metzulah” (Venice, 1653). In Italy, where he sought refuge, he made the acquaintance of the great Kabbalists of the time: Moses Zacuto, Hayyim Cohen, Nathan Spira, and Benjamin Halevi. In the present work, Sha’arei Zion (first ed. 1662), Hanover recorded for posterity the Lurianic traditions he imbibed from these men. His work in turn, served as a conduit for the Kabbalistic traditions, and thus became immensely popular.