original: "Zeh HaSha'ar La'Adonai" from Psalm 118:20. This phrase was commonly used on the title pages of early Hebrew books to signify the holiness of the text within.

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The Book of

And These Are the Names

original: "Ve-eleh Shemot," the Hebrew name for the Book of Exodus.

From the Zohar

By the Divine Tanna Tanna: A sage from the era of the Mishnah, roughly 10–220 CE Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, of blessed memory.
Including the Pekudei Oraita: The "Commandments of the Torah," a specific layer of the Zohar that provides mystical explanations for Jewish laws and many hidden secrets, along with an index of the biblical verses printed herein.
Edited and corrected by the wise Sage, our honored teacher and Rabbi,
Immanuel, son of our honored teacher and Rabbi Yekutiel, of blessed memory,
a man of Benevento. And by the youth,
Abraham (may his Rock protect him and grant him life), son of our honored teacher and Rabbi
Meshullam, of blessed memory, of Modena.

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Here in Mantua

Under the rule of his highness, our lord the Duke
Guglielmo Gonzaga (may his glory be exhaulted). In the year
"Five for our help" according to the abbreviated era.
original: "Hamisha L'ezratenu." This is a chronogram where the numerical value of the marked letters indicates the year 5318 in the Hebrew calendar, which corresponds to 1558 CE.

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