Bidspirit auction | Baruch SheAmar on the Form


Baruch SheAmar on the Form of the Letters - Kabbalah, Shklow, 1804.  First Edition. Sefer Baruch SheAmar, a short, unique book on Hilchot Stam (scribal script) and the form of the letters by Rabbi Shimshon ben Eliezer, a sage of the 14th century. The book is cited by Maran the Beit Yosef several times and thus became a basic book in the Psikah on Hilchot Stam. At its end, a wonderful commentary on the form of the letters by the author of Sefer HaEshkol. First edition (although there was an edition already in 1796; yet it was flawed and this one was printed from another manuscript). Stefansky classics no. 244. Size : 21 cm Pages : 32 Condition : Moderate condition, stains, some tares effecting a little lext.