Tzror HaMor by Rabbi Avraham Saba. Kabbalistic Commentary on Chumash. First Edition, Bomberg Press. Venice, 1522-1523.

Tzror HaMor by Rabbi Avraham Saba. Kabbalistic Commentary on Chumash. First Edition, Bomberg Press. Venice, 1522-1523.

This is one of the first Kabbalah books printed in Italy following the Expulsion of Jews from Spain.

Elucidation on the Torah, as per the models of Pshat and Sod. Authored by Rabbi Avraham Saba, an exile from Spain.

In the book, Tzror HaMor, chapters from the Zohar translated to Hebrew are printed for the first time. (The Zohar was first printed in 1558, while the translations of the Zohar to Hebrew were only printed in the 17th Century.)

Rabbi Avraham Saba (1440-1508): was a Rabbi, Kabbalist and preacher. Born in Castille, he was a disciple of Rabbi Yitzchak di Leon. Following his expulsion he fled to Portugal, but there too he was persecuted. His two sons were taken from him and forcibly converted. He fled to Fez, but was unable to take his precious manuscripts. Rabbi Avraham eventually rewrote his novellae from memory. After a life of tribulations and suffering, he passed away while on a boat during a raging storm at sea, and was buried in Verona. The Chida in his book Shem HaGedolim relates this amazing story. Among Rabbi Avraham’s works are: Eshkol HaKofer on Megillat Esther and Rut, Tzror HaKesef on Hilchot Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur and Avodah Zara, Tzror HaChaim on Masechet Avot.

Rabbi Saba was known for his original approach. It was adopted by many Rabbis in ensuing generations.

Venice, 1522-1523. Daniel Bomberg Press.

171 leaves. Complete copy in good condition. Some pages have light worming on the margins. The title page is slightly trimmed on the lower part of the left margin.

First edition of a rare and prominent Kabbalah book.