Lot 110
Sefer HaZohar – Slavita, 1824-1827 – Complete Set – Copies Which Belonged to Important Figures
· Sefer HaZohar, Parts 1-2. Bereshit and Shemot, Slavita, [1824]. Printed by Rabbi Shmuel Avraham Shapira. Parts 3-4. Vayikra, Bamidbar and Devarim. Slavita, [1827]. Printed by Rabbi Shmuel Avraham Shapira.
In Volume 1 is an approbation by Rebbe Avraham Yehoshua Heshel of Apta and more approbations. On Volumes 1-2 are stamps of Rabbi "Aharon Wasserman" [Rabbi in Kishinev and Haifa]. On the endpaper of Volume 2 are various signatures and inscriptions: "this Zohar HaKadosh by R' Zusha Horowitz", "Chaim Yonah Leinberg", etc.
On the endpapers of the two last volumes are stamps of Rebbe “Yosef Meir ben Mirel Ga’ala of Spinka”. Rebbe Yosef Meir Kahane (1909-1978), son of Rabbi Zvi Hirsh Kahane Av Beit Din of Spinka and son-in-law of Rebbe Yitzchak Teitelbaum of Husakov. Served as Rebbe in the city of Ungvar. In 1936, he was appointed Rabbi and head of the Seredneye Yeshiva. In 1941, he immigrated to Eretz Israel and opened the Imrei Yosef Yeshiva in which he established his court. His “tish” and the sermons which he delivered at various places throughout Israel drew great crowds.
4 volumes: [4], 252, 2-17 leaves; [1], 178 leaves; 115, [1] leaves; 117-309 leaves. (the title page of Part 4 was erroneously bound at the end of Vol. 3). 20-21 cm. Blue paper, good condition. Stains and few worm damages and dampness. Old bindings, slightly damaged.
