Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
Chelkat Binyamin Passover Haggadah, by the Maggid of Zalozitz – Lviv, 1794 – First Edition of the First Printed Chassidic Haggadah – Segulah to "Bring Many to Repentance"
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Chelkat Binyamin, Passover Haggadah with kavanot of the Arizal and the Chelkat Binyamin commentary by R. Binyamin, the Maggid of Zalozitz (Zaliztsi). Lviv: Rebbetzin Yehudit [Rosanes], [1794]. First edition of the first Chassidic Haggadah to be printed.
Approbation by R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, who acclaims the composition as capable to "bring many to repentance".
The author, R. Binyamin, Maggid of Zalozitz (d. 1791), was well-versed both in revealed and hidden realms of the Torah. A contemporary of the Baal Shem Tov and early Chassidic masters, he was one of the first disseminators of Chassidic teachings.
[1], 25, [12] leaves. Lacking final leaf. Approx. 21 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Tears and significant worming, affecting text, repaired with paper (all leaves have been restored). New binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 156; Yaari 253; Otzar HaHaggadot 373.
Approbation by R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, who acclaims the composition as capable to "bring many to repentance".
The author, R. Binyamin, Maggid of Zalozitz (d. 1791), was well-versed both in revealed and hidden realms of the Torah. A contemporary of the Baal Shem Tov and early Chassidic masters, he was one of the first disseminators of Chassidic teachings.
[1], 25, [12] leaves. Lacking final leaf. Approx. 21 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Tears and significant worming, affecting text, repaired with paper (all leaves have been restored). New binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 156; Yaari 253; Otzar HaHaggadot 373.
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