Adam Sichli.
First Edition
Tiengen, 1560
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A kabbalistic commentary on the Rambam’s Thirteen Principles of Jewish Faith, Yud-Gimmel Middos and Aseres Hadibros by Rabbi Shimon ben Rabbi Shmuel of France. This sefer features the Rambam’s Thirteen Principles of Jewish Faith with Rabbi Shimon’s commentary beside it.
The purpose of this sefer was to prove the connection between the Thirteen Principles of Faith and Yud-Gimmel (Thirteen) Attributes of Compassion. The author also expertly weaves the Ten Commandments into his commentary.
Rabbi Shimon ben Rabbi Shmuel of France was one of the great Ashkenazic sages of his era. He authored the present sefer in 1400 (as noted at the end of the work). Adam Sichli was widely disseminated and there are many handwritten manuscripts of this work, yet this was the very first printed edition of the sefer which was later reprinted in numerous editions.
At the top of the pages are the words Hadras Kodesh which is the second name of this sefer, as noted on the title page.
Leaves 19-20 present a brief description and commentary on the Ten Sefiros.
Leaves 21 and on present a long prayer for Yom Kippur which contains a form of viduy for one who seeks to repent.
The Rema in Toras Olah Vol. 3 Ch. 4 (leaf 73a in the Prague 1570 Edition) quotes this prayer and writes, “And so the great Rabbi Shimon instituted his prayer Hadras Kodesh after presenting the subject of the Ten Sefiros.”
Based on a comment in sefer Yosef Ometz (Frankfurt am Main, 1723) Letter 999, it seems that there were those who customarily recited this prayer on the night of Yom Kippur.
Tiengen, 1560. First edition. [24] leaves. Title page features rare decorative border.
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