Bidspirit auction | OLD CABALISTIC MANUSCRIPT, INCLUDING SEFER

OLD CABALISTIC MANUSCRIPT, INCLUDING SEFER HAKANA AND OTHER WORKS. CA. 1700. THIS MS. WAS IN THE POSSESSION OF THE FAMOUS RABBI CHAIM HACOHEN, RABBI OF PINSK, AND HAS HIS STAMP. 295-page Ashkenazi Cabala Manuscript, including tables and charts. The author is unknown, but the ms. has been dated to the early 18th century. It was in the possession of the famous Rabbi Chaim Hacohen, Rabbi of Pinsk, and his stamp appears several times. Rabbi Chaim Hacohen (d. Approx. 1833), disciple of the Gaon of Vilna, and Rabbi of Pinsk, where he was on good terms with both misnagdim and chassidim. Settled in Eretz Yisrael in c. 1826, where he served as head of the Kollel Perushim. 295 pp. 16.5 x 22 cm. Good condition. Slight worming on some pages. Modern binding.