Jerusalem, NLI, Ms. Heb. 4=9799Great Tree

Jerusalem, NLI, Ms. Heb. 4=9799Great Tree

Shelfmark:
Ms. Heb. 9799=4, Recto
The National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel
Dimensions:
5190 × 245 cm
Material:
paper
Form:
rotulus
Handwriting:
Square
Main Language:
Rabbinic Hebrew
Former Shelfmark:
Tel Aviv, GFC, Ms. 028.011.003
About the MS:
The word “ilan” at this ilan's head features decorated large letters with floral ornaments. The figures of Adam Kadmon, Arikh Anpin, and Zeir Anpin are depicted schematically, with micrographic text arranged in a pattern suggesting a human face. The Pr component in this Great Tree is a variant of P in which the sequence of emanation is presented in an apparently disrupted order. The World of Asiyah is represented with concentric circles. The title at its head attributes it to “the kabbalist rabbi […] Meir Katz Poppers […].”
Type:
Great Tree, Lurianic
Research Literature:
  • J. H. Chajes, The Kabbalistic Tree: Ha-Ilan ha-Kabalai (Pennsylvania: 2022), pages 223–225, 324–325, 328, 349, 391, 401.
NLI Record:
NLI Record