 In his commentary, he quotes earlier cabalistic works, including some ascribed to the old authorities, such as the amora Rav Ashi.Botarel's commentary on the "Sefer Yeẓirah" was printed at Mantua in 1562, with the text and with other commentaries; it was republished at Zolkiev, 1745; Grodno, 1806; and Wilna, 1820.This Moses Botarel is not Moses ben Leon Botarel, who lived at Constantinople in the 16th century and wrote the "En Mishpat", containing predictions and being a free paraphrase of a Latin work of Michael Nostradamus.