Sha’arei Tzeddek – foundations of the ten sephirot by the G-dly Kabbalist Rabbi Yosef son of Rabbi Avraham Gikatilla. Riva D’Trino, at Ya’akov Markria Press, 1561. The book’s leaves bear Kabbalistic glosses in Italian script.
This is the first edition of the book Sha’arei Tzeddek which comprises a gate into the halls of Kabbalah and the sephirot , as appears on the title page: “In truth and justice in all its ways, to enter into the internal halls of Divine Kabbalah.” Since the Ar”i’s time, leading Kabbalists instructed that earlier Kabbalistic books are not to be studied. The only exception to this instruction – studied to this day – is the work of Rabbi Yosef Gikatilla, author of this book, Sha’arei Tzeddek .
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of Rabbi Yosef son of Rabbi Avraham Gikatilla .
52 leaves. 19 cm. High-quality paper.
Fine condition. Aging stains. Isolated worming perforations. Elegant new leather binding.