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Lot #    12809
Auction End Date    12/20/2005 1:49:00 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Mayyim Amukim
Title (Hebrew)    מים עמוקים
Author    [Only Ed. - Kabbalah] R. Judah Berdugo of Meknes
City    Jerusalem
Publisher    Samuel ha-Levi Zuckerman
Publication Date    1911
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    Only edition. [8], 36 ff., 187:115 mm., light age staining. A good copy bound in contemporary boards, rubbed.
          
Detailed
Description		    Kabbalistic homilies on the weekly Torah readings by R. Judah ben Mordecai Berdugo of Meknes, Morocco (c. 1690-1744). The text is accompanied by Gali Amikta by R. Jacob Berdugo, and was arranged and published by R. Jacob Hay Berdugo, Sephardi Tahor, also of Tiberius. The title is from “The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters (mayyim amukim), and the fountain of wisdom like a flowing brook (Proverbs 18:4). There is an introduction from R. Jacob Berdugo and his son R. Raphael David Berdugo which states that this work is pleasant in appearance and “desirable to the eyes” (Genesis 3:5). “His mouth is most sweet; and he is altogether lovely” (Song of Songs 5:16). The author called it Mayyim Amukim because it is on the Torah. Written in “a clear language” (Zephaniah 3:9) with brevity. After the introductory material is a reproduction of the synagogue by the grave of R. Meir Ba’al ha-Nes. There is a testimony on the Berdugo’s family lineage from R. Moses Pardo, claiming it stems from King David through Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel. The family is from Castile and includes R. Moses Alshich and currently is in Tiberius. The text of Mayyim Amukim is in square letters at the top of the page. Below it, in rabbinic letters is Gali Amikta.
          
Paragraph 2    חידושים על התורה מהרב ... יהודה בירדוגו זלה"ה וספר גלי עמיקתא [ביאור ל"מים עמוקים"] מהרב ... יעקב בירדוגו ז"ל. לקטתיו והוצאתיו לאור אני ... שאר בשרם של הרהמ"ח ז"ל ... יעקב חי בירדוגו ס"ט מעה"ק טבריא ...

דף [2-3]: הקדמה לספר מים עמוקים, מאת ר' יעקב בירדוגו ובנו ר' רפאל דוד בירדוגו. דף [4, ב - 6]: הקדמת המו"ל. דף לה-לו: הוספות ל"גלי עמיקתא", מאת ר' פתחיה מרדכי ב"ר יקותיאל , אחיו של ר' יעקב בירדוגו.

          
Reference
Description		    BE mem 1680; CD-EPI 0122180
        
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Listing Classification
Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Israel:    Checked
Other:    Morocco
  
Subject
Homiletics:    Checked
  
Kabbalah:    Checked
  
Characteristic
First Editions:    Checked
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica