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Kabbalah: Sefer Beit Elohim with Sefer Sha'ar Hashamayim. Amsterdam [1655] - Two Kabbalistic books bound together in an original parchment binding - lovely copies.  Two books by the Mekubal Rabbi Avraham Hacohen Herrera - a disciple of Rabbi Yisrael Saruk who was a disciple of the Ari. The books were written in Spanish for the Anusim and were translated into Hebrew by his disciple, Rabbi Yitzchak Abuhav da Fonseca of Amsterdam (1605-1693), the first Rav of the New World.  1. Sefer Beit Elohim, about Ma'asseh Merkava, by Rabbi Avraham Hacohen Herrera. Amsterdam, [1655]. 88 leaves.  2. Sefer Sha'arei Hashamayim on the Kabbalah of the Ril [Rabbi Yitzchak Luria], by Rabbi Avraham Hacohen Herrera. Amsterdam, [1655]. 94 leaves.  Two Kabbalistic books in very good condition, bound together in an original parchment binding.