Auction 62 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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Aug 28, 2018
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Sefer Yetzira with the commentary of the Gaon of Vilna – Grodno, 1806 – First Edition – Copy Given by R. Eliyahu ...

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Sefer Yetzira with the commentary of the Gaon of Vilna – Grodno, 1806 – First Edition – Copy Given by R. Eliyahu Rabbi of Neustadt-Sugind, Nephew of the Gaon of Vilna
Sefer Yetzira with five commentaries, including the commentary by R. Eliyahu of Vilna (the Gaon of Vilna), printed here for the first time. Grodno, 1806.
First edition of the Vilna Gaon's commentary. Includes Kabbalistic sketches. This is the first Kabbalistic book of the Vilna Gaon's teaching to be printed. Published by his renowned disciple R. Menachem Mendel of Shklow, who later immigrated to Eretz Israel and founded the Ashkenazi settlement in Jerusalem.
An inscription in large letters appears in the margin of p. [23b]: "A gift from the great luminary of Neustadt, son of the brother of the holy R. Eliyahu of Vilna".
R. Eliyahu, Rabbi of Neustadt-Sugind (Žemaičių Naumiestis), was the nephew of the Gaon of Vilna. His father was R. Avraham, author of Maalot HaTorah, brother of the Gaon of Vilna.
12, [2], 42, [30] leaves. 19.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Pages trimmed on text border, slightly affecting the titles and the edge of the text on several leaves. New binding.
Vinograd, Otzar Sifrei HaGra 682.

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