Auction 16 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Jul 13, 2011 (Your local time)
Israel
 8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 293:

Manuscript Ta'amei HaMitzvot of Rabbi Chaim Vital [Ashkenaz, the 1700s]

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Manuscript, "¦ the second section of Pri Etz HaChaim part of Ta'amei HaMitzvot which I have received from my teacher, the G-dly Mekubal like Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in his generation¦ like Rabbi Yitzchak Luria Ashkenazi", by Rabbi Chaim Vital. [Ashkenasi writing, Western Europe ?, c. 1700].
Many variations from the printed and the previous manuscript. For example, the opening of the manuscript in Bereishit is different and it begins with the mitzvah of piryah v'rivya (Be fruitful and multiply) which in the printed copy, is further on in the book.
56 Leaves (last leaves are missing from the middle of Parshat Ki Tetze), 16 cm. Fair condition, leaf cutting on border of text, stains, moth damage and wear, missing test in several leaves and last leaves. Old cardboard cover.

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