A scarce Amsterdam printing of Menorat ha-Maor, one of the most influential Jewish ethical (Musar) works of the Medieval period. Authored by the early 14th-century Spanish Talmudist and kabbalist Rabbi Isaac ben Abraham Aboab, this classic text presents moral teachings and aggadic insights organized around the symbolic lights of the Menorah. Printed in Amsterdam, Holland in 1743, on rag paper, with a distinctive Hebrew typography produced by one of the most important Hebrew presses in Europe. Amsterdam’s Proops family press was central to Hebrew scholarship in the 18th century. Height: 18 cm Width: 11 cm Thickness:6.5 cm