Sefer Torath Chacham, Commentary On The Etz Chaim By Rabbi Chaim Vital. With a prayer by the Rashash.
By the Holy Mekubal Rabbi Chaim De La Rosa.
Only Edition, Salonika: D. Fragi 1848.
ff. 2, 172.
Vinograd, Salonika 824. Stefansky Classics 372.
An important exposition of the works of both Rabbi Chaim Vital and Rabbi Shalom Sharabi. Together with Sharabi, the Chid”a and Rabbi Yom Tov Algazi, the author, Rabbi Chaim De la Rosa, was one of the leaders of the Beth El Yeshiva. He signed a "Shtar Hithkashruth" in which the signatories pledged themselves to a life of complete spiritual partnership in “this World and in the World to Come.” See Aryeh Leib Frumkin, Toldoth Chachmei Yerushalayim, Part III, p. 119-20; and S. Wanunu, Arzei Ha-Levanon (2006) Vol. II, pp. 615-20
This work is a foundational text for those studying the Rashash’s kabbalah. Recently, the kabbalist Rabbi Yitzhak Meir Morgenstern established a Torat Chacham kehila to study his doctrines.
Overall Good condition. stains throughout, title page has a minuscule repair. Contemporary half calf binding rubbed out on corners and spine. 20.5 Cm.
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