Bidspirit auction | ALSHEICH, MOSHE. Shoshanath Ha’Amakim [commentary

ALSHEICH, MOSHE. Shoshanath Ha’Amakim [commentary to Shir HaShirim - the Song of Songs]. FIRST EDITION. ff. 60. Tiny wormhole on last two leaves. Signed by censor at end. Modern morocco-backed boards. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Venice 764. Venice, Giovanni di Gara, 1591. A native of Adrianople, Turkey, R. Moshe Alsheich (1508-93) settled in Tzfath, where he was was ordained by R. Yoseph Karo (upon whom had been conferred the reintroduced Semicha of R. Ya’akov Berab). Part of the extraordinary cabal of saintly scholars during Safed’s golden age, R. Moshe Alsheich was a teacher of R. Chaim Vital. Alsheich is one of the few rabbis to be universally known as ‘Hakadosh’ - The Holy.