A Kabbalistic Commentary on Shulchan Aruch
Two works by the mekubal Rabbi Chaim Hakohen, a student of Rabbi Chaim Vital.
Tur Bareket, Amsterdam 1654 / Mekor Chaim Amsterdam [1655-1697]
The mekubal Rabbi Chaim Hakohen of Aleppo, Syria, a student of Rabbi Chaim Vital, composed a wonderful commentary on the Kabbalistic reasons behind the Shulchan Aruch’s rulings. It was published over the course of many years.
Tur Bareket on Orach Chaim simanim 429-697 (including the text of the Shulchan Aruch).
Amsterdam [1654] First edition. Pages: 442. Size: 17.5 cm.
Mekor Chaim on Orach Chaim, simanim 1-31.
Amsterdam 1655-1697 First edition 83 leaves
Printed in 1655 by Chacham Menashe ben Yisrael in his Amsterdam press, but he didn’t complete the printing of the whole sefer (this is the last book printed by Chacham Menashe ben Yisrael).
Over 40 years later, In 1697, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Burger purchased the pages of the Amsterdam edition, and added one page (siman 31). The main sefer is therefore from 1655, and one page from 1697.
A thick volume. Both books are in good condition, bound together in a new half-leather cover.
Rare.
