Lot 395
Etz Chaim (Koritz) - Stamp of Rabbi Chaim of Pinsk and Glosses
Sefer Etz Chaim by Rabbi Chaim Vital. [Koritz, 1782. First edition].
Numerous handwritten glosses of corrections and completion of print omissions.
Leaf 20 contains fine stamp of"Chaim son of Rabbi Peretz Katz of Vilna from the congregation of Pinsk" - The Ga'on Rabbi Chaim Katz Rappaport son of Rabbi Peretz of Vilna, served as rabbi of Pinsk for approximately twenty years from 1807. In 1826 he immigrated to Eretz Israel and was among the leaders of the community of Prushim in Safed and in Eretz Israel. Passed away in 1831 and great miracles took place at his funeral - see attached material. His son-in-law, Rabbi Yechiel Michael Weingarten, is the Rebbe of Lovoshov (Encyclopedia of Hassidism, 2, page 215).
Incomplete copy, 3-151 leaves. (Instead of: [1], 152 leaves]. 31.5 cm. Fair condition, wear and stains.
