Bidspirit auction | Mafte’ach Hazohar, Amsterdam, 1710. Mafte’ach


Mafte’ach Hazohar, Amsterdam, 1710. Mafte’ach Hazohar, alphabetical indexes of the Zohar and the Tikkunim. Nasanel Pu’ah press, Amsterdam, 1710. Approbation from Rabbi Moshe ibn Yaakov Ḥagiz at the end. The references are to the 1558 Mantua edition of the Zohar, and the 1658 Venice edition of Zohar Chadash. The original writing of the indexes was initiated by Rabbi Moshe Galanti, and they were first published in Venice in 1566. To benefit the public, after the first edition ran out and became unobtainable, this edition was created using indexes which were brought from Yerushalayim by Rabbi Avraham Rovigo “The renowned pious Rabbi, faithful messenger of his senders”. 24 pp. New cover. Light staining. Title page with slight damages on the perimeter, with no damage to text. Good condition.