Lot 164
Sha'ar Efraim - Altona, 1736 - Segulot
Sha'ar Efraim, segulot and cures (Yiddish), homilies and novellae on Tehillim, by R. Efraim, Rabbi of Wertheim. Altona, [1736].
Expanded edition, with many additions to the chapter of segulot and cures and additional letters of responsa from 1728, containing a halachic correspondence with R. Ya'akov Bechofen, Rabbi of Metz [R Jacob Reischer, author of Shevut Ya'akov], from the time R. Efraim served in the Wertheim rabbinate. Torah novellae in the name of the famous "Ber Calif of Hamburg".
On page 23/a, the author tells of a "dybbuk" which he removed from a youth. In the long approbation by R. Aharon Katz, Rabbi of Warburg, he tells of the expertise and experience of the author, R. Efraim Wertheim in removing dybbuks and of his success in his struggles against impure forces.
A handwritten leaf is bound among the leaves, containing a formula for mixing a potion for gynecological treatment.
[22] leaves. (Mispagination, ending at leaf 23). 19.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Old binding.
