Auction 22 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
Manuscript, Ma’aracha Rama – Aramaic Dictionary for Zohar
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Sold for: $688
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Manuscript, Sefer Ma’aracha Rama, by Rabbi Raphael Melamed HaCohen. “Written in Lar” (Lar, Persia), [1887].
“Since the foreign words in the Zohar have never been explained and many teachers and students do not properly understand certain sections… I had no peace of mind until the completion of this book…”.
Aramaic dictionary for the Zohar. Entries listed in alphabetical order. Each entry contains its Persian translation in square brackets and a Hebrew explanation.
[Similar manuscript with variations found in Lehman Library in New York. See: Ohel Chaim, catalogue of Hebrew manuscripts in library of Menashe Raphael and Sara Lehman, New York, Lehman fund, 1988, no. 54 K].
[3], 113, [3] leaves. 18 cm. Good condition. Stains of smearing of ink on title page and on several leaves. Worn binding.
“Since the foreign words in the Zohar have never been explained and many teachers and students do not properly understand certain sections… I had no peace of mind until the completion of this book…”.
Aramaic dictionary for the Zohar. Entries listed in alphabetical order. Each entry contains its Persian translation in square brackets and a Hebrew explanation.
[Similar manuscript with variations found in Lehman Library in New York. See: Ohel Chaim, catalogue of Hebrew manuscripts in library of Menashe Raphael and Sara Lehman, New York, Lehman fund, 1988, no. 54 K].
[3], 113, [3] leaves. 18 cm. Good condition. Stains of smearing of ink on title page and on several leaves. Worn binding.
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