Sefer ha-Derushim (Book of Kabbalistic Homilies), Hayyim Vital, [Ashkenaz: late 17th-early 18th centuries]

57 leaves (7 7/8 x 6 1/8 in. ; 200 x 154 mm). foliation: [i], 2-57.

A complete copy of the abridged version of Sefer ha-Derushim, the book of kabbalistic homilies edited by Benjamin ha-Levi and Elisha Gaustalla based on manuscripts of Hayyim Vital’s Lurianic writings that had been circulating in the Land of Israel. Because Sefer ha-Derushim in its original form was a very large work, scholars produced a condensed edition more suitable for study. Neither the abridged nor the original version of Sefer ha-Derushim has ever been printed.