Gates of Righteousness (1561) - Page 7

⚠The following section consists of a typed bibliographical slip tipped into a book; the text is faint and partially blurred due to the thinness of the paper.

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GIKATILLA, JOSEPH

The OCR reads "Chiquitilla," a variant spelling of the name of the Spanish Kabbalist Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla.

The Book of the Gates of Justice by the Rabbi, Master Joseph Gikatilla? original Hebrew: Sefer Sha’are Tzedek le-ha-Rav Rabbi Yosef Gikatilla

A circular logo for the Library of Hermetic Philosophy original: Bibliotheca Philosophia Hermetica. The central image depicts a pelican in its piety, pecking its breast to feed its young with its own blood—a traditional symbol of sacrifice and Christ. This is set against a background of blue sky with golden rays above, and a green and white checkered shield below. The circular border contains the text "HERMETIC PHILOSOPHY" original Latin: PHILOSOPHIA • HERMETICA •.

Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla. Gates of Justice (Sha’are Zedek). Riva di Trento, Jacob Macaria, 1561 One of Gikatilla’s disquisitions on the ten Sefiroth|The ten creative powers or attributes in Kabbalah through which the Infinite interacts with the universe under the title The Gates of Justice. Gikatilla was the first to equate the En Sof The Infinite; God as He exists prior to any self-manifestation with the first Sefira, keter The "Crown," representing the Divine Will or the most hidden emanation. The book was printed by the physician Jacob Macaria, who in 1558 established a renowned Hebrew press in Riva di Trento.

Gikatilla. [Hebrew: The Gates of Justice (Sha’are Zedek)].
Riva di Trento, J. Macaria, 1561.

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ISAAC BEN ABRAHAM CHIYYUT

The Two Eyes of Isaac

original Hebrew: Sene-aye Isaac or Shenei Einei Yitzchak

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Isaac ben Abraham Chiyyut: The Two Eyes of Isaac (in Hebrew). Dogmatic work on the 613 mitzvot|The religious commandments or duties in Jewish law and the names of God. Livorno, Jacob ben Abraham Meldola, 1587. First rare edition. The text contains several references to the Kabbalah|The ancient Jewish tradition of mystical interpretation of the Bible and to the Book of Creation original Hebrew: Sefer ha-Yetzirah, one of the oldest and most cryptic texts of Jewish mysticism. Folio. 20 leaves. Small woodcut on the title page. (Compare Steinschneider, Catalog of Hebrew Books 5334, 1). Cloth spine, slightly rubbed, corners worn.

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
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