Manuscript, Rechev Elohim, kabbalistic work on the Hishtalshelut HaOlamot, by R. Yitzchak Wanneh. [Yemen, 19th century].
Neat Yemenite script. Fine kabbalistic illustrations and diagrams.
Selections on the Torah and on various topics at the beginning and end of the manuscript.
Rechev Elohim was copied over the years in various manuscripts, and was only first printed in 1992 by R. Yizchak Ratzabi. The present manuscript comprises most of the work, and is slightly lacking at the beginning. This manuscript was in the possession of the editor, who used it to produce the printed version (signature of R. Ratzabi in pen on p. [48]).

[70] pages. 21.5 cm. Good–fair condition. Stains, including dark stains. Worming. Minor marginal tears to some leaves, affecting text, repaired in part with tape. Inscriptions. New binding.

Exhibition:
• The Yemenites: two thousand years of Jewish culture, exhibition catalogue, Ester Muchawsky–Schnapper. Jerusalem, Israel Museum, 2000, p. 163.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, YM.011.035.