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Book of Shemot, with commentaries of Rashi, Baal HaTurim and Siftei Chachamim. Slavita: the "son of the rabbi", R. Shmuel Avraham Shapiro, 1833.
Some words on title page printed in red ink.
Signature on title page. Stamps on title page and last leaf.
222 leaves. 20 cm. Bluish paper. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains and dark stains, as a result of acid tape. Heavy wear. Marginal tears, including marginal open tears to title page and several other leaves, affecting title frame and text, partially repaired with paper. Old binding, worn.
The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book (entry 000305148) and NLI catalogue only record Vayikra part.
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Devarim, with Targumim and commentaries of Rashi, Baal HaTurim and the Or HaChaim. [Slavita (Slavuta): Dov Ber son of Yisrael Segal and Dov Ber son of Pesach, 1811 – lacking title page and last leaf].
2-120, 119-120, 119-134, 145-166, 31 leaves. Lacking title page and last leaf. 20 cm. Bluish paper. Fair condition; some leaves in fair-poor condition. Many stains, including dampstains, traces of former dampness and dark stains. Heavy wear to some leaves. Tears and open tears, on several leaves large tears, affecting text in many places, partially repaired with tape and paper strips. Worming, affecting text. Old binding, worn.
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Two parts of Shulchan Aruch with commentaries including Eshel Avraham, printed in Slavita (Slavuta) by R. Moshe Shapiro between 1820-1827.
* Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah with Be'er HaGolah, Baer Heitev and Eshel Avraham by R. Avraham Oppenheim. [Slavita: R. Moshe Shapiro, the rabbi of Slavita, 1820 – missing title page and other leaves].
Copy of Rebbe Avraham Pinchas Sefard, with his stamp on leaf 1: "Avraham Pinchas Sefard – Ostroh".
Rebbe Avraham Pinchas Sefard of Kuniv (d. 1950), a leading American rebbe, a descendant of R. Yaakov Yosef (Rav Yeibi) of Ostroh.
Early stamp on leaf 90.
[1], 172; 200, 205-223 leaves. Missing 8 leaves: First [3] leaves, leaves 201-204, and last leaf. 20.5 cm. Bluish paper. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Wear to some leaves. Worming. Small tears and open tears, affecting text of several leaves, partially repaired with paper filling. New binding.
Part I of a complete edition of Shulchan Aruch printed by R. Moshe Shapiro between 1820-1822.
* Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, with Be'er HaGolah and Baer Heitev and Eshel Avraham commentary by R. Avraham Oppenheim. Slavita: R. Moshe Shapiro, the rabbi of Slavita, [1827].
Some letters on title page in red ink.
[4], 156, 177-294 leaves. 21 cm. Bluish paper. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains and dark ink stains to title page and several other leaves. Wear. Tears and open tears to title page and other leaves, affecting text (large open tear affecting text on leaf 68, with torn part of leaf, detached). Damage to title page, affecting name of printer in title. Inscriptions and scribbles. Old binding, with back side and spine detached.
Evidently only this part was printed as part of this edition.
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Book of Bereshit, with Targum Onkelos and commentaries of Rashi, Baal HaTurim and Siftei Chachamim, with Shabbat prayers. Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa, R. Aryeh Leib and R. Yehoshua Heshel Shapiro, grandsons of the rabbi of Slavita, 1851.
2-112, 117-223, 226-237 leaves. Lacking first title page and leaves 113-116, 224-225 and approx. 3 additional leaves at the end with conclusion of Shabbat prayers. 19.5 cm. Fair condition. Many stains. Wear. Many tears, including open tears to title page and other leaves, affecting title frame and text, partially repaired with paper. Large open tear on leaf 91, heavily affecting text. Loose and partially detached leaves and gatherings (title page mostly detached). Stamps, signatures and inscriptions. Old binding, damaged.
This part is not recorded in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book (the edition is recorded based only on a facsimile of the Shemot title page), and does not appear in the NLI catalogue.
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Book of Bereshit, with Targum Onkelos and commentaries of Rashi, Baal HaTurim, Siftei Chachamim and the Or HaChaim. Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa and R. Yehoshua Heshel Shapiro, grandsons of the Rabbi of Slavita, 1865.
Volume of edition in normal format (as opposed to square format).
243, 247-248 leaves. Lacking leaves 244-246, 249-252 with conclusion of the book and about 20 additional leaves at end with Shabbat prayers. 22 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains and ink stains. Wear and creases. Tears and open tears, including open tear to first title page, affecting title frame, repaired with paper, and tears to other leaves, slightly affecting text, repaired with tape. Close trimming, slightly affecting text of several leaves. Stamps. Old binding, worn.
Not documented in Bibliography of the Hebrew Book (entry 000202445 records a similar edition of 1866, but also does not record the Bereshit part). The copy appearing in the NLI catalogue is also incomplete (the end of the prayer leaves).
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Book of Bamidbar, with Targumim and commentaries of Rashi, Baal HaTurim and Or HaChaim, and commentaries of the Chida on the Torah, Haftarot and Five Megillot, with Shabbat prayers. Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa and R. Yehoshua Heshel Shapiro, grandsons of the rabbi of Slavita, 1854.
At the end of the volume are printed Sephardic-rite Shabbat prayers.
On last leaf, chart of moladot (1854-1882).
[2], 3-145; 9, [1] leaves. 25 cm. Dark title pages. Fair condition; some leaves in middle of book in good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Wear and creases. Tears, including large open tears to first title page and open tear to second title page, affecting title frames and text. First title page detached. Many tears and creases to last leaf. Handwritten inscriptions and stamps. Old binding, worn and damaged, with repaired spine (late printed prayer leaves mounted on front and back board).
This part is not recorded in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book and does not appear in the NLI catalogue.
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Book of Bamidbar, with Targumim and commentaries of Rashi, Baal HaTurim and Or HaChaim, and commentaries of the Chida on the Torah, Haftarot and Five Megillot, with Shabbat prayers. Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa and R. Yehoshua Heshel Shapiro, grandsons of the rabbi of Slavita, [1854].
At the end of the volume are printed Sephardic-rite Shabbat prayers.
On last leaf, chart of moladot (1854-1882).
[1], 3-145; 9, [1] leaves. Lacking first title page. 25 cm. Fair condition; some leaves in middle of book in good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Light wear. Tears and open tears, including open tears to title page, affecting text, repaired with paper (strips mounted around all margins of title page, over title frame and parts of text). Tears affecting text and many creases on last leaf. Old binding, worn and damaged, with repaired spine.
This part is not recorded in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book and does not appear in the NLI catalogue.
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Book of Devarim, with Targumim and commentaries of Rashi, Baal HaTurim and Or HaChaim, and commentaries of the Chida to the Torah, Haftarot and Five Megillot, with Shabbat prayers. Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa and R. Yehoshua Heshel Shapiro, grandsons of the rabbi of Slavita, [1854].
At the end of the volume are printed Sephardic-rite Shabbat prayers.
On last leaf, chart of moladot (1854-1882).
[1], 3-148; 9, [1] leaves. Lacking first title page. 25.5 cm. Partially dark paper. Fair condition. Many stains, including dark stains. Wear and creases. Tears and open tears; on title page and other leaves (open tear to chart on last leaf), affecting text, partially repaired with tape. Old binding, damaged.
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Chok LeYisrael, with Yosef LaChok by the Chida. Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa and R. Yehoshua Heshel Shapiro, grandsons of the rabbi of Slavita, 1857. Complete five-volume set.
Two title pages for each volume. Some words on first title pages printed in red ink.
Five volumes. Bereshit: 246 leaves. Shemot: 238 leaves. Vayikra: 236 leaves. Bamidbar: 216 leaves. Devarim: 236, 229-231 leaves. 17.5-18.5 cm. Fair condition; Bamidbar and Devarim volumes in fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains and traces of former dampness. Wear and creases. Tears, including small open tears. Damage and black tape strip repairs, affecting part of title frames. Worming in several places, slightly affecting text. Detached leaves and gatherings. Inscriptions, signatures and stamps to some volumes. Old bindings, damaged, non-uniform (some leather bindings with repaired spines), partially detached, with heavy wear.
Handwritten inscriptions on front and back endpapers.
The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book records a Bereshit volume dated 1856 (based on a copy sold by Kedem in auction 19, lot 52), but the NLI copy and the present copy are dated 1857, like the other parts.
The Significance and Segulah of Reciting Chok LeYisrael Daily
The custom of reciting passages daily from the Bible, Mishnah, Talmud and Zohar was established by the Arizal, who observed this custom himself. The order printed in Chok LeYisrael is for the most part based on the writings of the Arizal in various places. The Chida added to this regimen daily halachic passages, taken from the Rambam's Mishneh Torah and Shulchan Aruch, as well as passages from ethical books. The Chida's additions are called Yosef LaChok. The purpose of the Chok LeYisrael order of study, as explained in the writings of the Arizal, is both for the perfection and tikkun of the soul, nourishing it through the study of the various parts of the Torah, and for effecting tikkunim and yichudim in the upper spheres.
Many prominent Chassidic leaders, and especially the Tzaddikim of the Chernobyl dynasty, spoke in sublime terms of the segulah of the Chok LeYisrael study regimen, and attested that it provides a tikkun for sins in matters of holiness. Rebbe Yisrael Dov of Vilednik writes in his book She'erit Yisrael (Shaar HaShovavim, homily I) that studying Chok LeYisrael serves as Tikkun HaBrit, "as I received from my master [Rebbe Mordechai of Chernobyl], that true tikkun is achieved by attaching oneself to both the Written and Oral Law, through Chok LeYisrael… and therefore in these times with the approach of the Messiah, the Yosef LaChok book has been published, authored by the Chida, disciple of R. Chaim ibn Attar the Or HaChaim, who embodies the lights of both Mashiach ben David and Mashiach ben Yosef, akin to the kabbalistic concept of an all-encompassing Tzaddik capable of effecting a tikkun for the imperfections of the entire Jewish people".
Rebbe Avraham of Trisk, son of Rebbe Mordechai of Chernobyl, writes: "And following the prayers, one should recite Chok LeYisrael, every single day unfailingly… and through this he causes G-d to be filled with mercy for the Jewish people" (Magen Avraham, 96a).
Great rabbis of previous generations have spoken of great segulot attained by reciting Chok LeYisrael. Some wrote that it is also a segulah for livelihood (the Rebbe of Shinova is said to have based this on the statement of the Talmud, "Chok means sustenance"). R. Yaakov Rokeach, in his foreword Maaseh Rokeach to Chok LeYisrael, wrote: "It is a mitzvah for every Jew to buy himself a Chok LeYisrael, to read from it every day…".
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Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur machzor, according to the custom of Belarus, Russia, Poland, Bohemia and Moravia (Ashkenazic rite), with a Hebrew commentary and Yiddish translation. Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa, R. Aryeh Leib and R. Yehoshua Heshel Shapiro, grandsons of the rabbi of Slavita, 1850.
Some words on title page printed in red ink.
[2], 164 leaves. 26.5 cm. Some leaves dark. Fair-good condition. Stains. Wear and creases. Marginal tears and open tears to title page and several other leaves, partially repaired with paper. Inscriptions and large stamps to title page and other leaves.
Recorded in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book based on a photocopy of the title page.
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Sefer Chasidim by R. Yehudah HeChasid, with commentary by R. David Aptrod and the Brit Olam commentary by the Chida. Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa and R. Yehoshua Heshel Shapiro, grandsons of the rabbi of Slavita, 1856.
288 pages. Approx. 22 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Wear. Tears, including large open tear to title page, affecting title frame, and open tears to other leaves, slightly affecting text. Worming, slightly affecting text. Stamps deleted with ink. Old binding, worn.
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Ein Yaakov, Part I on Tractates Berachot-Pesachim and Part II on Tractates Yoma-Yevamot. Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa, R. Aryeh Leib and R. Yehoshua Heshel Shapiro, grandsons of the rabbi of Slavita, 1850. Two volumes.
Some words on title page in red ink.
Two volumes. Part I: [14], 9-496 pages. Part II: [2], 6, 9-432, [2], 433-481 pages. Approx. 23-24 cm. Dark paper (particularly on title pages). Overall fair condition. Stains, including traces of former dampness, dark dampstains and black inkstains. Wear. Worming, affecting text. Tears and open tears (many open tears to margins of title page of Part I), slightly affecting text, partially repaired with paper (many repairs on title page). Many handwritten inscriptions on title page of Part I. Old bindings (non-uniform), damaged (front binding of first volume detached).
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