Tikkun Keriah Lechol Lailah VeYom – Tikun for every night and day – a Sabbatean order of Tikunim compiled by Nathan of Gaza, "prophet" of the false messiah Shabtai Tzvi. Amsterdam: Yitzchak son of David de Castro Tartas, [1666]. Pocket format.
A foreword with news of the Redemption was printed on the verso of the title page (Gershom Scholem suggests that the foreword may have been composed by R. Shlomo de Oliveyra).
The Tikun was compiled by Nathan of Gaza, yet his name is not mentioned on the title pages of the Hebrew editions (Gershom Scholem writes that he saw a Spanish edition, where the name of the editor "Nathan Ashkenazi" was mentioned on the title page).
The present book of Tikkunim was published at the pinnacle of the mass movement of repentance which swept through the Jewish people upon hearing Shabtai Tzvi's tidings of the Redemption and news of the events occurring around him, which spread rapidly from the East to other European Jewish communities. Amsterdam was one of the important centers of Sabbatean awakening at that time, and many editions of Sabbatean Tikunim were printed there by the local Jewish printers (Joseph Athias, David de Castro Tartas and Uri Phoebus son of R. Aharon HaLevi). Their publication in Amsterdam was presumably also for the purpose of being sent throughout Europe. The Amsterdam printers competed over who could produce more complete and beautiful editions of the books of Tikunim, and Amsterdam Torah scholars (in particular R. Yitzchak Aboab de Fonseca and R. Shlomo de Oliveira) even inserted some important additions in some editions, including sections of prayers, confessions and songs.
[1], 2-94, [1] leaves. Lacking last leaf (with photocopy replacement). 11.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Wear. Marginal tears and open tears to title page and several other leaves, slightly affecting text (also slightly affecting text of introduction on verso of title page). Early leather binding, with repairs.
