Ḥefetz Hashem — Ḥayyim ibn Attar
Author: Ḥayyim ben Moshe ibn Attar (1696-1743)
Date: 1715–1732 (siècle)
Preservation: À localiser
Entrusted by MMJMM · deposited on June 8, 2026 · History register · custodian, not owner
❧ Description
Ḥefetz Hashem — "The Lord's Desire" — Talmudic novellae by Ḥayyim ibn Attar, composed at Salé before his emigration to Livorno (1739). It is his first major printed work, predating the Or ha-Ḥayim by ten years, and already revealing of his hermeneutic approach: the systematic interweaving of peshat, derash and sod (kabbalistic).
Provenance: 1 Composed at Salé, years 1715-1732 2 Editio princeps: Amsterdam, 1732
Codicological note — origin Salé, Atlantic Maghreb, Morocco; script: Maghrebi; editorial status: Partial edition available.
— Source: Mémoires des Manuscrits Juifs du Moyen-Âge Maghrébin (MMJMM), https://mmjmm.org/corpus/catalogue/to-locate-ibn-attar-hefetz-hashem.