Sefer ha-kavanot (Kabbalistic Intentions in Prayer and Performance of Precepts)

David ben Aaron Ibn Ḥasin

1737

Manuscript page with Hebrew text in middle surrounded by border of geometric shapes.
This manuscript copy of Sefer ha-kavanot (The Book of [Kabbalistic] Intentions [in Prayer and Performance of Precepts]) by Ḥayim Vital was written in Meknes, Morocco. The kabbalists in Safed stressed the importance of mystical prayer and kavanah (mystical intention). Many of the notations and glosses throughout the text of this manuscript are seemingly by the scribe himself.

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Kestenbaum & Company Autioneers, New York.

Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 5.

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David ben Aaron Ibn Ḥasin

ca. 1730–ca. 1790

David ben Aaron Ibn Ḥasin was a prolific Hebrew poet and commentator in Meknes, Morocco. His liturgical poetry was spread throughout Sephardic communities in Morocco and Gibraltar, and were incorporated by later generations of Moroccan singers.

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