Lot 148
Responsa Tov Ayin - Husiatyn, 1904 - Signed Copy of Rebbe Chaim Yaakov Safrin of Komarno
Responsa Tov Ayin, by R. Chaim Yosef David Azulai - the Chida. Husiatyn, 1904.
Copy belonging to R. Chaim Yaakov Safrin, Rebbe of Komarno, with his signatures and stamps on the title page and front endpapers ("Chaim Yaakov Safrin, grandson of the great Rebbe, may his memory protect us, currently residing in Ungvar", and other signatures). Listings of names for prayer. Further ownership inscription and stamp of R. Moshe Aryeh Rosenberg, rabbi of Radvanka. Two handwritten corrections.
R. Chaim Ya'akov Safrin (1892-1967), son of Rebbe Avraham Mordechai Safrin of Boryslav-Komarno. He served as Rebbe in the city of Ungvar, (Uzhhorod) until 1937, when he immigrated to the United States. He was known as one of the leading Chassidic rebbes in New York until he moved to Jerusalem in 1962. He was an outstanding Torah scholar, Kabbalist and holy man. He wrote some 40 manuscripts, of which only four were printed: Beit Ya'akov, Beit Avot, Ma Zot and Shabbat Shalom U'Mevorach.
[2], 65 leaves (the last leaf, 66, is torn and mostly missing). 20 cm. Fair condition. Brittle, fragile paper. Stains, wear and tears. Several detached pages. Damaged and detached binding.
