The book Kol B’Rama – Kabbalah first edition, Koritz 1785

The book Kol B’Rama – Kabbalah first edition, Koritz 1785
The book Kol B’Rama on the Idra Rabba of the Ari with the commentary of Rabbi Yaakov Tzemach – first edition Koritz, 1785. Ownership signature: “Belongs to Mordechai Yosef son of the deceased…[?] Yaakov Segal.” Ownership stamp: “Menachem Mendel Chaim son of Yaakov Landau” and a stamp “David Yeshayahu Freund” and the stamp of the kabbalist Rabbi Mordechai Moshe Karfman of Jerusalem. [2], 128 leaves. Good overall condition. The author Rabbi Yaakov son of Chaim Tzemach, one of the marranos of Portugal, studied medicine in Lisbon. At the age of thirty he moved to Saloniki where he was able to openly practice Judaism. He studied Torah there and later moved to Safed. He later moved to Damascus where he studied from Rabbi Shmuel Vital, son of Rabbi Chaim Vital. He wrote many books of kabbalah, including “Naggid V’Mitzva” (an abridged version of the kavanot of the Ari) “Erkei Hakinuyim” “Tiferet Adam” and many more books. He saw the writings of Rabbi Chaim Vital and used them to arrange his books. In his introduction to this book he writes about the kabbalistic works he saw. Unfortunately, he left many more works in manuscript form and we do not have them as books. At the end of his life he settled in Jerusalem, where he was one of the foremost opponents of Shabbati Zvi. His son is Rabbi Avraham, author of Brit Avraham.