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  Va-Yakhel Moshe by Moses ben Menachem Graf, Dessau, 1699

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VaYakhel Moshe, on "Kabbalist truths of the wisdom of the Ari" and teachings of the Zohar. Rabbi Moshe ben Menachem (Graff) of Prague. Dessau, 1698. First edition with approbations of leading rabbis of the times, such as Rabbi David Oppenheim and Rabbi Shimshon Wertheimer of Vienna. Kabbalistic illustrations. In the middle of the article Adam D'Atzilut, illustrated chart of the Ilan of the "Zaken HaKadosh" with "13 Tikunei Dikna… D'Meheimnuta".
Kabbalistic discourses and commentary on passages in the Zohar by R. Moses b. Menachem Graf. Includes approbations from R. David Oppenheim and R. Samuel Wertheimer.
With kabbalistic charts and diagrams, most notably a fold-out page at the end of the book illustrating the thirteen divine attributes of Tikkunei Dikna, in the form of the symbolic thirteen rows of hair on the Holy Beard.
14, 58 leaves

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