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Bidding Information
Lot #    7651
Auction End Date    7/13/2004 3:02:00 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Shevet Mussar
Title (Hebrew)    שבט מוסר
Author    [Women - Kabbalah] R. Elijah ha-Kohen ha-Itamari
City    Furth
Publisher    Joseph Petchow & son Mendel Ber
Publication Date    1763
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description
   92 ff., 197:157 mm., usual light age staining and fraying, old hands on title, trimmed affecting some running titles. A good copy bound in modern cloth boards.
          
Detailed
Description
   Kabbalistic moral and ethical text oft reprinted and translated in many languages. This edition in Judeo-German with vaberish fonts for women.

R. Elijah b. Abraham Solomon ha-Kohen ha-Itamari (b. 1729) was born in Smyrna, where he was educated and became a homiletic preacher. His opposition to Shabbetai Zevi and his associated earned him much grief at home. He is best remembered for his ethical work Shevet Mussar, which has seen numerous edition (to this date) and been translated into many languages.

          
Reference
Description
   Vinograd, Furth 299
        
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Listing Classification
Period
  
18th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Germany:    Checked
  
Subject
  
Kabbalah:    Checked
Other:    Ethics
  
Characteristic
Language:    Judeo-German
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica