Physical Description

 [1], 80 ff., quarto, 215:185 mm., wide margins, light age staining. A good copy bound in later boards, rubbed and split.

Detailed Description   

Commentary to the Torah portion Bereshit, each section (tikkun) beginning with a new interpretation of the word bereshit ("in the beginning"). The work was designed to contain 70 tikkunim, confirming to "the 70 aspects of the Torah." The volume is many times referred to as part five of the Zohar. Includes cross-references and Derekh Emet. On the final leaves appears a commentary published from R. Hayyim Vital’s autograph who copied it from a manuscript of the Ar”i z”l.

In 1847 the Shapira printing press was established by the three brothers Hanina Lipa, Aryeh Leib, and Joshua Heschel Shapira, sons of Samuel Abraham Abba Shapira, the printer in Slavuta. Until 1862 this was one of the only two Hebrew presses the Russian government permitted to operate in the whole of Russia, the other being in Vilna. This press had 18 hand presses and four additional large presses. In 1851 Aryeh Leib broke away and established his own printing press in Zhitomir. In these two establishments only sacred books of every kind were printed. During the years 1858–64 the press of the two brothers printed a beautiful edition of the Babylonian Talmud together with the Halakhot of R. Isaac Alfasi, and a beautiful edition of the Jerusalem Talmud.In 1847 the Shapira printing press was established by the three brothers Hanina Lipa, Aryeh Leib, and Joshua Heschel Shapira, sons of Samuel Abraham Abba Shapira, the printer in Slavuta. Until 1862 this was one of the only two Hebrew presses the Russian government permitted to operate in the whole of Russia, the other being in Vilna. This press had 18 hand presses and four additional large presses. In 1851 Aryeh Leib broke away and established his own printing press in Zhitomir. In these two establishments only sacred books of every kind were printed. During the years 1858–64 the press of the two brothers printed a beautiful edition of the Babylonian Talmud together with the Halakhot of R. Isaac Alfasi, and a beautiful edition of the Jerusalem Talmud.

Hebrew Description

תקוני הזהר / ... בתוספת מרובה על הראשונים ... ביאורים וכללים מהאר"

Reference 

EJ; BE