Lot 237
Shaar Gan Eden – Korets, 1803 – First Edition – Copy of the Pe'er Yisrael, Rebbe Yisrael Shalom Yosef Friedman of Bohush
Shaar Gan Eden, foundations of Kabbalah, by R. Yaakov Koppel Lifshitz of Mezeritch. Korets, [1803]. First edition. With an approbation by R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev.
Copy of Rebbe Yisrael Shalom Yosef Friedman (1855-1923), second rebbe of Bohush and author of Pe'er Yisrael, with his stamp featuring a lion emblem (stamp of the rebbes of the Sadigura-Ruzhin dynasty in those times). He was the great-grandson of Rebbe Yisrael of Ruzhin, and a leading Romanian rebbe.
The books of R. Yaakov Koppel of Mezeritch – Shaar Gan Eden and the Kol Yaakov siddur, are adapted and edited compilations of the writings of the Remak, R. Chaim Vital and R. Yisrael Sarug, with the addition of his own novellae. They were held in exceptionally high regard by prominent Chassidic leaders, and are quoted extensively.
[2], 84 leaves. Approx. 33 cm. Bluish paper. Good-fair condition. Stains (including dampstains). Marginal tear to title page, not affecting text, repaired with paper. Worming, slightly affecting text. Inscriptions. Censorship inscription on title page. New leather binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 588.
