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Shamayim LaRom – Bechinat Olam: Mantua, [1556] Words of mussar from Rabbi Yedaya “HaPenini, ” French sage (c. c. 1270 – c. 1340). The book compares the triviality of this world to the eternal joy of the next world and was reprinted in many editions with commentaries and translations. For the first time, this edition concludes with the lengthy poem ” לך א לי בג לג לי זבו לי' , in which every word includes the Hebrew letter ל, by the author’s father, Rabbi Avraham Bedersi . ************ Mantua [1556]. [44] leaves. 14 cm. Minimal worming holes, and light restorations to the margins, dampstains, new cloth binding.