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The Early Books
The Seven-Branched Candlestick
The ZOMr first appeared in Spain in 1290 when Moses de Leon
passed out various manuscripts (written in Aramaic) which were purported
to be the 20har as received by Simon ben Jochai. 46 When the
20har was first received by Jewry, one Isaac of Acco came to visit de Leon
and found that he had died. On asking de Leon's widow to see the original
papers that de Leon had copied from, Isaac was informed that no original
manuscript existed. Isaac offered her money but still she could not
'IIi There is no doubt that a certain amount of later material was appended to the original manuscripts.
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