Kiseh Eliyahu – kabbalistic work constituting a gateway and introduction to the study of kabbalistic wisdom, attributed to Eliyahu Saliman Manne. Yisrael Bek Press. Among the rare books of Jerusalem.
The title page reads: “… this book has been copied from manuscript for public benefit, and the author is unknown.” Shoshanah HaLevi maintains that the book’s author is the gaon Rabbi Eliyahu Manne ( HaSefarim HaIvriim SheNidpesu BiYerushalayim , no. 112). However, there are those who doubt that he is the author because the author writes (on leaf 81) “these are the words of my teacher, the gaon Rabbi Chaim [of Volozhin] z”l”.
Rabbi Eliyahu Manne [1818-1899] was the Av Beit Din of Chevron and rosh yeshivah of the kabbalistic Beit El yeshivah. He was the Ben Ish Chai’s primary teacher of kabbalistic doctrine. He wrote about 140 books and compilations.
[2] 88 leaves. 17 cm. Fine condition. Stains. Isolated worming perforations. Worn and reinforced original semi-leather binding with marblized paper.