Lot 181
Knesset HaGedolah – Copy of Rebbe Yeshaya Schorr of Iași, Author of Kelil Tiferet
Knesset HaGedolah, on the Tur and Beit Yosef to Even HaEzer, by R. Chaim Benveniste. Lviv, "1681" [1861].
This copy belonged to R. Yeshaya Schorr Rabbi of Iași, author of Kelil Tiferet. Ownership inscription on title page: "This Knesset HaGedolah belongs to R. Yeshaya Schorr, the rabbi here".
R. Yeshaya Schorr, Rabbi of Iași (1780-1879, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut, II, p. 496), author of Kelil Tiferet. Elder Rebbe of his generation, he was a brilliant scholar, kabbalist and a renowned miracle-worker. He was a disciple of great Chassidic masters: R. Mordechai of Kremenets, disciple of the Baal Shem Tov; R. Avraham Yehoshua Heshel, the Ohev Yisrael of Apta; R. Tzvi Hirsh of Zhydachiv; and R. Menachem Mendel of Kosov. He passed away in 1879, close to one hundred years old.
[1], 106, 106-107 leaves. 41 cm. Thin, high-quality paper. Good-fair condition. Stains. Minor wear and tears. Wear and tears to title page (a piece of paper glued to verso for reinforcement). Minor worming. New binding.
