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Collection of Manuscripts – Homiletics and Kabbalah – Eastern Europe, Ca. 1850s-1860s
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Collection of five booklets and leaves in manuscript, discussing kabbalah, ethics and homiletics. [Eastern Europe, ca. 1850s-1860s].
Written in one or two hands. The content appears to point to the author being an eminent Torah scholar, well versed in kabbalah and in the details of conduct in service of G-d.
The [5]-page booklet, dated "Sunday Vayigash 1866, Kalush", contains an introduction and five chapters on kabbalistic issues.
Another leaf in the same handwriting interprets passages from Tikunei Zohar.
Another leaf, dated Nisan 1866, with the location given as "K[alush]" (torn), gives a list of practices and advice in service of G-d.
In a [3]-page booklet, entitled "Discourse Six – Kivrot HaTaavah", contains homiletics for Rosh Hashanah, including harsh polemics against the author of a philosophical work.
Another leaf sharply criticizes Jewish followers of philosophy.
Five items, comprising [13] written pages. Varying size and condition, good-fair to fair. The leaf with practices dated Nisan 1866: open tears, affecting text.
Manuscripts
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