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The Zohar Polemic with Glosses Handwritten by the Author Himself! - Sefer Aderet Eliyahu on the Antiquity of the Zohar - First Edition Livorno 1855 - Rare! Sefer Aderet Eliyahu - by Rabbi Shlomo ben Eliyahu Nissim - response against the Sefer Haviku'ach by Shadal - ”...against the Sefer Haviku'acvh about the antiquity of Sefer HaZohar and that of Kabbalah and the Nekudot and Te'amim” -first edition Livorno, 1855.  Inside the book there are two comments in Italian script, handwritten by the author Rabbi Shlomo ben Eliyahu Nissimof mantova. The two comments are signed ” Hamechaber ” [the author].  47, [2] pp. In the Special Collection of the National Library. Good condition.  The Gaon Rabbi Shlomo ben Eliyahu Nissim of Mantova (1781-1864) Rav of varied Italian communities. A disciple of the Gaon Rabbi Menachem Azarya Castelnovo, author of Misgeret Hashulchan. Was famed for his struggle against the attempt to cancel Yom Tov Sheini shel Galuyot and his struggle against the book by Shmuel David Luzzatto, Haviku'ach.