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Yosher Levav by Rabbi Emmanuel Chai Ricci. Amsterdam, 1742. First edition. Rare.
Sefer Yosher Levav by the great Kabbalist Rabbi Emmanuel Chai Ricci. Amsterdam, [1742]. First edition. Rare.
[2], 42 leaves. 18 cm. Owner’s stamps of Rabbi Zecharya ben David Shrabi Sharayim. Based on the title page, the year of printing is 1737 yet on the colophon, 1742.
Rabbi Raphael Emmanuel Chai Ricci (1687-1743), Rav and Kabbalist, commentator and Payten. Was born in Italy and immigrated to Safed, where he studied Kabbalah. On his way abroad due to a plague in the Galilee, he was captured by pirates and after being rescued, returned to Italy. After four years as the Rav of Florence, he travelled to Livorno to publish his Seforim. After travelling to central cities to sell his Seforim, he returned to Jerusalem. He again travelled abroad to raise funds for a yeshiva in Jerusalem and to print his Seforim and on his way back to the Land of Israel, was murdered by highwaymen. Authored Seforim on the Bible and the Shas, commentary on the Mishnayos and Tehillim, poems and riddles, Kabbalistic Seforim and more.
New binding with gilt lettering. Stains. Moth holes. Blemish to the text of one of the leaves was completed by hand. Taping to the edges of the last leaves. Fair condition.
Measurement: 18 CM
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