Lot 121
Books of Rabbi Chaim Vital – From the Library of Rabbi Yitzchak Shlomo Zilberman – Jerusalem Printings
Collection of books by Rabbi Chaim Vital, based upon the Torah of the Ari:
1. Sha’ar HaHakdamot (first sha'ar). Jerusalem, [1865]. “First of the renowned eight She'arim [gates] composed by our great mentor Rabbi Chaim Vital”. (S. HaLevi 117).
2-3. Eitz Chaim, by Rabbi Chaim Vital. Jerusalem, [1866-1867].
Printed and bound together with the book Nahar Shalom by Rabbi Shalom Mizrachi Sharabi, Jerusalem, 1867 (separate title page). Handwritten leaf glued to inside of back binding, consisting of the order of study of the book Eitz Chaim. (S. HaLevi 135-136).
4-5. Sha’ar HaPsukim (fourth sha'ar). Jerusalem, [1912]. Bound together with: Sefer HaLikutim (fourth sha'ar), by the Ari.
6. Sha’ar HaMitzvot (fifth sha'ar). Jerusalem, [1905]. Signatures and inscriptions in oriental handwriting.
7-8. Sha’ar HaKavanot (six sha'ar). Jerusalem, [1902]. Separate title page: Sefer Yefeh Sha’ah, by Rabbi Shlomo son of Rabbi Yehudah HaCohen.
9. Sha’ar Ru’ach HaKodesh (seventh sha'ar). Jerusalem, [1874]. (S. HaLevi 227).
10. Sha’ar HaGilgulim (eight sha'ar). Jerusalem, [1903].
11. Mavo She’arim. Jerusalem, [1904].
Ownership notations, glosses and signatures, of the Kabbalist Rabbi Yitzchak Shlomo Zilberman (1928-2001), born in Berlin, immigrated to Jerusalem in 1940 where he immersed himself in Torah study in the Batei Midrash and absorbed the heritage of the disciples of the Vilna Ga’on. Proficient and knowledgeable in Jewish thought and in the hidden wisdom. Founded educational institutions and reestablished the Orthodox settlement in the Old City in Jerusalem. A large congregation of his disciples and admirers, the majority of which reside in the Old City, concentrated around his Aderet Eliyahu yeshiva. [Mentor and Rabbi of Rabbi Uri Zohar, who returned to his heritage following a renowned dialogue with Rabbi Zilberman].
Various sizes and conditions.
