Bidspirit auction | IMREI SHEFER. KABBALAH. FIRST EDITION.

IMREI SHEFER. KABBALAH. FIRST EDITION. VENICE 1601. UNIDENTIFIED SIGNATURE AND INSCRIPTIONS! - Collection of Derashos by R. Naftali Ashkenazi.  R. Naftali Ashkenazi (d. 1602), was among the great scholars and Kabbalists of Tzfas and was student and relative of the ARIZAL, whom he quotes in this Sefer. He is mentioned in the Sefer HaChazyonos [The Book of Visions] by R. Chaim Vital. R. Naftali left Tzfas and immigrated to Venice in 1601, where he printed this sefer and was associated with the scholars of the Venice Yeshiva. This sefer contains derashos which he delivered on various occasions, as well as eulogies on various Torah giants of his generation, including R. Eliezer Azkiri, author of the Sefer Charedim. Daniel Zanetti press. 220 pages. 18.5 cm. Overall fine condition. Some staining and slight worming. Antique binding. Opening bid $300