Bidspirit auction | Ayin Panim BaTorah, Rare First

Ayin Panim BaTorah, Rare First Edition - Seventy ways of answering the Zohar' s question about why the Torah opens with the letter ב' and not with an א', by Rabbi Avraham b”r Yechiel Michel of Lask. First, rare edition, Warsaw, 1797. Unique Kabbalistic work, including several mathematical rules, with charts and a Kabbalistic drawing. Many approbations from rabbis of various countries: Mahari”t Algazi, Jerusalem rabbis, Tunisian rabbis, Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Levine - rabbi of Berlin, Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Bushka, av beit din  of the Ah”u communities, and others. Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of Kabbalist Rabbi Avraham Katz . [18], 35, [1] leaf. 18.5 cm. Rabbinic stamps: ”The youth Eliyahu Meir Kramer” and ”The youth Yoshah Yitzchak Burger.” Fine-very fine condition. Aging stains. Minimal worming perforations in the margins. Antique leather binding.