Manuscript of the Kabbalist Rabbi Avraham Meyuchas Author of "Sdeh HaAretz" – [36] Pages – the 17th Century – ...

Manuscript of the Kabbalist Rabbi Avraham Meyuchas Author of "Sdeh HaAretz" – [36] Pages – the 17th Century – Versions that Differ from the Printed One

Manuscript. Autograph! "The Divine kabbalist, modest as Hillel, does not depart out of the Tent" (the words of his brother author of Pri HaAdamah, the Gaon Rabbi Avraham Meyuchas one of the greatest sages of Jerusalem in the 17th century.

Complete, long and comprehensive halachic responsum regarding matters of Choshen Mishpat the laws of deposits (Pikadon). Handwritten entirely by Rabbi Meyuchas with his curly signature.

[36] complete pages. Dense script. With additions on the margins, between the lines and corrections. Throughout the responsum, genius beyond measure, on Talmudic Sugiyot and the complicated Dinim of Choshen Mishpat, in depth study of the words of the Rishonim and Achronim. The responsum was printed in his book the Sdeh HaAretz Responsa (Livorno, 1748. Section C Siman 16) – Textual variations from the printed version.

Rabbi Avraham Meyuchas was unique in his modesty – throughout the manuscript before us and elsewhere in his books, he was strict about writing modestly, using poetic language and rare expressions of modesty.

The genius Kabbalist Rabbi Avraham Meyuchas, knowledgeable in all aspects of the Torah and Halacha, Chassida Kadisha, Butzina Denehora, one of the leading geniuses of Jerusalem and one of the rabbis of the Chida. Was born in Jerusalem in ca. 1710. Studied with Rabbi Yisrael Meir Mizrachi author of "Pri HaAretz" and Rabbi Azarya Ashkenazi. He was one of the sages of the "Beit Ya'akov Ferrara" yeshiva established by the author of "Or HaChaim" Hakadosh. His brother, and a member of the Beit Din of the Rishon L'Zion Rabbi Raphael Meyuchas author of "Pri HaAdamah" describes him:

איש שהכול בו, בקי בנגלה ונסתר, קורא הלכות חבילות חבילות, המקובל אלוקי ענוותן כהלל, קדוש אלוקים קדושתו מרחם, לא ימוש מתוך האוהל, פרוש מכל ענייני העולם הזה, ומדוכא ביסורין, ובכ"ז לא מנע עצמו אפילו שעה אחת מבית המדרש

Already during his lifetime, he was known as a Divine holy man and the people of his generation testified that he was like a Divine angel. He did not enjoy this world his entire life and suffered greatly: at the age of two, his father passes away and when he was forty, he became blinded. All his compositions are from before the age of thirty, that is, written up to 1730.

His compositions: "Sdeh HaAretz" responsa three sections (Salonika-Livorno, 1744-1798), "Digli Ahava" – commentary on the book "Derech Etz Chaim" and "Or Zaru'ah" by the Kabbalisy Ram Papros (three volumes. Jerusalem, 2003), "HaMa'or Hakatan" – commentary on the book "Etz Chaim" and "Siach HaSadeh" – novellae and commentary on Sefer HaKavanot.

On his gravestone it was written:

"קברת ארץ אחד המיוחד, פרוש מאהבה, בעל שדה הארץ, ציון מאור עיניים המדוכה בייסורים, בעל דגלו אהבה, אחד בארץ, מצבת המאור הגדול, שקדן בתורה, בעל מאור הקטן להאיר על הארץ, גניזת קודש, הוא הקדוש, המקובל האלוקי בעל שדה הארץ, ה"ה הרב הכולל כמו"ה אברהם בכ"ר שמואל מיוחס, נפשו בטוב תלין וזרעו יירש ארץ, והייתה מנוחתו יום כ"ט לחודש כסלו שנת התקכ"ח ליצירה".

All his sons were known sages: rabbi Shmuel Yitzchak Meyuchas, rabbi Yosef Ya'akov Meyuchas and Rabbi Binyamin Moshe Meyuchas. They are all buried beside him on the Mount of Olives.

Size: 15x10cm. Good condition. New leather binding. With a gilt inscription.