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Lot #    7179
Auction End Date    4/27/2004 12:02:00 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Shnei Luchot ha-Brit
Title (Hebrew)    שני לוחות הברית
Author    [Kabbalah] R. Isaiah b. Abraham Horowitz Ha-Levi
City    Furth - Nurenburg
Publication Date    1762-64
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    [2], 421 [i.e. 420]; 8, 8-44 [i.e. 8-36] ff., 218:145 mm., usual light age and damp staining, several ff. backed. A good set bound in modern half leather and cloth boards.
          
Detailed
Description		    With the commentary Vavei ha-Amudim. A monumental and extensive work which combines halakhah, homily, and Kabbalah for the purpose of giving directions as to how to live an ethical life. R. Horowitz, (called Shelah ha-Kadosh, "the holy Shelah," from the initials of the title of his major work), rabbi, kabalist, and communal leader was born in Prague, but as a youth he moved to Poland with his father, who was his first teacher. He studied there under Rabbi Solomon b. Judah of Cracow, Rabbi Meir of Lublin (the Maharam), and Rabbi Joshua Falk and gained a reputation among Polish scholars while still young. In 1621, after the death of his wife, he moved to Erez Israel and settled in Jerusalem, where he remarried and became the rabbi of the Ashkenazi community. He died in Tiberias where his grave (close to that of Maimonides) is still visited. His name carries with it the surname “The Holy” as he dedicated his life and work to the Jewish nation. Early editions of his works are considered to be “protectors from evil” for their owners and are sought after by generations of Jews.
          
Paragraph 2    על שער שני לוחות הברית: בשנת ש'נ'י' ל'ו'ח'ו'ת א'ב'נ'י'ם' כרא'שוני'ם [תקכ"ד]. על שער ווי העמודים: בשנת ו'ו'י' העמודים וחש'ק'יהם כ'סף' [תקכ"ב]. ח, ח-[לו] דף, עם שער מיוחד: הקדמת ספר ווי העמודים ... הוציא לאורה ... כמהר"ר שעפטל נר"ו [!]. בטופס שני שראינו שונים דף יח-כב, כה בצורתם ונראה שהדפיסם שנית.
          
Reference
Description		    CD-EPI 0119851
        
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Listing Classification
Period
  
18th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Germany:    Checked
  
Subject
  
Kabbalah:    Checked
  
Characteristic
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica