Auction 53 Auction #53 - Feb 2
By Tiferet Auctions
Feb 4, 2024
Beit HaDfus 12, B, 4th floor, Jerusalem, Israel
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Reshit Chochma. Berlin, 1703. Rare

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Reshit Chochma. Berlin, 1703. Rare

Reshit Chochma, by Rabbi Eliyahu di Vidas. Berlin, [1703]. Rare. 


The Yirah and Mussar book Reshit Chochmah, by the Gaon Chassid and Mekubal Rabbi Eliyahu di Vidas, a disciple of the Ramak. [Daniel Ernst jablonsky Press], Berlin, [1703]. Rare. 


4, 1, 3-43, 43-96, 98-137, 139-202 leaves. 21 cm. Mispagination. On the title page, an owner's notation: "שייך לא"א הגאון מו"ה יחיאל מיכל שליט[א]", with stamps of M.L. Landau of Breslau. 


Rabbi Eliyahu di Vidas wrote the book to open a portal to Kabbalah (after the verse "Reshit Chochmah - Yirat Hashem" implying that the foundation of Toras Hanistar is pure Yiras Shamayim). 


New binding. Stains. Moth holes. Blemishes to the corners of the first leaves and last one. Taping to the edges of the first leaf. Fair condition. 


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