[Kabbalistic manuscript from Yemen]

[Yemen]: , [18th cent.]

16, 54 l. ; 12 cm.

Description of contents based on summary by Joseph Avivi: 1. leaves 11-26: Shivḥe ha-Ari. Excerpt from Shivḥe ha-Ari. This work was copied in many manuscripts and also printed. The work and its various versions are discussed in M. Benayahu, Toldot ha-Ari. 2. leaves 1-45 [i.e. 54]: Kabbalistic work by R. Ḥayim Mikhlol. Only work by kabbalist from Yemen, including details not known from any other source, such as his name: ha-Tsaʻir Ḥayim Mikhlol; his father, Shelomoh bi-rav Aba David Mikhlol, whose book, Sefer Shulḥan Shelomoh, is also not known from any other source; his teacher, R. ʻAtriʾel; and another work by R. Hayim, Sefer Or ha-Yom. Sections of the text have various headings: p. 10b Sod ha-śirtutim: author cites article from the Zohar daf 130b in a version completely different from the printed text. Many lines are found here that are not in print. -- p. 3b Pereḳ shirah. -- p. 24b Sheʾelot me-hilkhot sheḥiṭah ʻal derekh ha-ḳabalah. -- p. 44b Pereḳ yirʾat ha-Shem. -- p. 49a Pereḳ śekhar ha-tsadiḳim. -- p. 50a Matnitin. A small portion (17 pages) of this work exists in another manuscript held by Mosad Ha-Rav Kook 1090.

Shivḥe ha-Ari.

Hebrew

June 10, 2004