Auction 14 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

A Manuscript – An Early Pamphlet of the Ari's Disciples – Sections that have not been Printed

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A manuscript, an early pamphlet from Sefer HaDrushim and Sefer HaLikutim according to Ari. [Damascus, late 16th century].
The beginning of the Ari's writings were in pamphlets that contained various homelitics that spread to various places. Afterward, the mekubalim began to arrange these pamphlets. One of the editors was Rabbi Efraim Pantziri, neighbor and disciple of Rabbi Chaim Vital. Rabbi Efraim also arranged Sefer Drushim, Sefer Kavanot and Sefer Likutim from Rabbi Chaim Vital's writings. Rabbi Efraim's disciples continued the work of arranging the writings.
On the first page of this pamphlet, sermons of Rabbi Chaim Vital from Damascus "the Rabbi gave a sermon on Succot… a souvineir from the Rabbi's sermon… ", these sermons are not known from any other manuscript. Moreover, in this pamphlet there is also "Sod HaMikveh", a homiletic essay by Rabbi Yoseph Ibn Tabul a disciple of the Ari. This essay was not printed.
From Leaf [6]b, there are homiletics on Parshat Bereishit written by the Ari's disciples (but not by Rabbi Chaim Vital). A few of the homiletics in this booklet were not printed in Sefer HaLikutim that was printed in Jerusalem in 1913.
All the above is according to the attached opinion of the Kabala Researcher R' Yoseph Avivi.
[16] Written leaves. 20 cm. Fair condition. Stains and moisture marks. Moth marks. Tears to upper left margins with damage to text. New binding.
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