Main LanguageRabbinic Hebrew ⓘhttps://ilanot.org/voc/languages/he-x-rabbinic
Content Description
SummaryThis ilan, copied around 1700 by a scribe of German or Bohemian origin, is one of only two known copies that exclusively preserve Meir Poppers’ original ilan. The second, copied by Behr Eibeschütz Perlhefter (ca. 1650–ca. 1713), is held in the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at the University of California (Berkeley, Magnes Collection, acc. no. 67.1.11.3). The early Hammerschlag ilan (Jerusalem, NLI, Ms. Heb. 4=9794) might be considered a third, were it not for its modest modifications. The ilan features a symmetrical, tabular design that highlights the right, left, and center of kabbalistic cosmology. Its simple, unornamented style reflects the ilan’s original pedagogical purpose, as described by Poppers himself.
Further Information
Research LiteratureJ. H. Chajes, The Kabbalistic Tree (University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 2022), 140–144, 349.
Main LanguageRabbinic Hebrew ⓘhttps://ilanot.org/voc/languages/he-x-rabbinic
Content Description
SummaryThis ilan, copied around 1700 by a scribe of German or Bohemian origin, is one of only two known copies that exclusively preserve Meir Poppers’ original ilan. The second, copied by Behr Eibeschütz Perlhefter (ca. 1650–ca. 1713), is held in the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at the University of California (Berkeley, Magnes Collection, acc. no. 67.1.11.3). The early Hammerschlag ilan (Jerusalem, NLI, Ms. Heb. 4=9794) might be considered a third, were it not for its modest modifications. The ilan features a symmetrical, tabular design that highlights the right, left, and center of kabbalistic cosmology. Its simple, unornamented style reflects the ilan’s original pedagogical purpose, as described by Poppers himself.
Further Information
Research LiteratureJ. H. Chajes, The Kabbalistic Tree (University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 2022), 140–144, 349.