Gates of Righteousness

(1580)

original Hebrew: Sene-aye Isaac or Shenei Einei Yitzchak

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Steinschneider, Catalog of Hebrew Books 5334, 1. First edition (listed under Chajut). Zedner, page 191.
Roest, page 254. Amsterdam Catalog page 248. Cowley, page 256. (There is also a second edition of this work printed in Livorno, 1785).

Chajut (also spelled Chajjat), 1538–1608, a pupil of Nissim Ashkenazi and Moses
Isserles Moses Isserles, known as the Rema, was a preeminent Polish rabbi and authority on Jewish law, was of French origin according to some, but according
to others, he was a leading Spanish Kabbalist|A practitioner or student of Jewish mysticism at
the end of the 16th century who wrote several commentaries
on the symbolism of the Sefiroth|The ten divine attributes or emanations through which the Infinite interacts with the universe. The present work was edited
by the famous physician Jacob Meldola, the head of the
well-known Jewish family in Italy in 1588. "He was active
beginning with the fine press, producing upwards of 30 books
of value and rarity" (Amram); on the verso|The back side of a leaf of paper of the last leaf is a
short preface by the learned printer. Not in Zedner or the British Museum catalog.
Old Hebrew notes on the title page, slightly waterstained.