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Shulchan Aruch of the Arizal – Amsterdam, 1709
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Shulchan Aruch HaAri, kabbalistic laws and customs from the Arizal, with Igeret HaShabbat by R. Avraham ibn Ezra. Amsterdam: Yaakov Alvarez Soto, Moshe ibn Yakar Brandon and Binyamin de Yongh, [1709].
Shulchan Aruch HaAri contains a selection of laws and practices from the writings of the Arizal, arranged in an order resembling that of the Shulchan Aruch.
In Igeret HaShabbat, R. Avraham ibn Ezra describes a dream that propelled him to author the present work, in order to avoid a misunderstanding of the Torah liable to cause desecration of the Sabbath.
[2], 112 leaves. 9.5 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Worming to several leaves, slightly affecting text. Tape to margins of several leaves. Old parchment binding, with defects.
Error in chronogram in the present copy (as in others).
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