Sefer Tola’at Ya’akov, Kabbalistic commentary on prayers and festivals, Rabbi Meir ben Gabai.
Krakow, [1581]. Second edition. Title page partly colored by hand.
Rare!
Antique signatures and ownership inscriptions, among them a lengthy ownership inscription by R. Yaakov Saladzeir of Muntzheim, who purchased the sefer from R. Mendel, son of Rabbi Asher Zelig HaLevi Horowitz of Lvov in 1722
83, [1] Leaves. 17.3 cm.
Overall Very Good condition, very few stains, later white parchment binding.
The author, Rabbi Meir ibn Gabai (c.1480-1539) was a prominent kabbalist from the era of the Spanish expulsion. This is a fundamental kabbalistic commentary on the tefillot.
The Shelah copied many snippets from this work. He wrote in his introduction, “I am only trying to reveal a little of the little that I received from authors and books that continue from the Zohar, especially from …the G-dly Rabbi Meir Gabai z”l and the G-dly Mahram Cordovero …and the G-dly Arizal.
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