Chalukah Derabanan (1 results)

4to, modern vellum-backed burgundy cloth boards; leaves browned, title professionally restored, occasional worming, staining and a few small marginal tears, closed tear to l.16 without loss; gift inscription and signature to title in old brown ink and an old ownership stamp. [3], 5-112 ll. Rare Lviv edition of this work of commentary on the Passover Haggadah, comprising: 'Shney Luchot HaBrit' by Isaiah Halevi Horowitz, 'Mateh Aharon' by Aaron Te'omim Darshan, and 'Kutonet Pasim' by Joseph ben Moshe HaDarshan of Przemysl. Contains a list of subscribers on ll. 110-112. The first edition of was published in Amsterdam in 1695. The title, Chaluka Derabanan, referring to the garment of the soul (translating as robe of the wise) - a kabbalsitic concept to be found in 'Hibbur Yafeh min HaYeshu'ah' by Rabbi Jacob ben Nissim, which refers to the soul's good deeds (in this world, which weave this garment of the wise for the next world). Yaari 1438; Yudlov 1924; not in Yerushalmi.