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LOT 331:
Meir LaAretz Manuscript. By Rabbi Meir Bikayam. Yemen [1830]
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Meir LaAretz Manuscript. By Rabbi Meir Bikayam. Yemen [1830]
Meir LaAretz manuscript by Rabbi Meir Bikayam. Kabbalistic novellae and elucidations on the Torah portions. Handwritten copy from the print of [1747]. [1830].
The colophon notes that it was finished in 1830. Missing from the end of VaYeshev through the middle of (the portion of) Shemot. Copied by Moshe son of Yichyeh.
Rabbi Meir son of Rabbi Chalfa Bikayam was born c. 1700. In his youth, he studied kabbalah under the leading kabbalists of his time. He passed away in Izmir in 1769. He authored Meir Bat Ayin; Golel Ohr regarding reincarnations, Meir La'aretz with exegeses on the Torah; Magen Avot and Meorei Ohr with kabblistic exegeses on the Torah.
81 leaves, paper. 22x15 cm.
New binding with gilt inscription on the spine. Aging stains, worming holes, short tear along the width of one leaf. Moderate-fine condition.
