Ḥesed le-Avraham / Shaʿar ha-Shamayim — Abraham Ankawa
חסד לאברהם / שער השמים — אברהם אנקאווה
Author: Rabbi Avraham ben Mordekhaï Ankava (Abraham Ankawa, né à Salé en 1810)
Date: 1845
Preservation: Édition imprimée (1845)
deposited on July 19, 2026 · History register · custodian, not owner
❧ Description
Ḥesed le-Avraham — also titled Shaʿar ha-Shamayim (1845) — is the prayer book composed by Rabbi Abraham Ankawa, enriched with kabbalistic material (kavvanot and mystical usages). The title, playing on the author's given name, belongs to the tradition of kabbalistic siddurim circulated in the Maghreb.
Sources: Encyclopaedia Judaica, 'Ankawa, Abraham ben Mordecai'; Sh. Tanji, Encyclopedia of the Sages and Rabbis of Morocco.
English
Ḥesed le-Avraham — also titled Shaʿar ha-Shamayim (1845) — is the prayer book composed by Rabbi Abraham Ankawa, enriched with kabbalistic material (kavvanot and mystical usages). The title, playing on the author's given name, belongs to the tradition of kabbalistic siddurim circulated in the Maghreb. Sources: Encyclopaedia Judaica, 'Ankawa, Abraham ben Mordecai'; Sh. Tanji, Encyclopedia of the Sages and Rabbis of Morocco.