Auction 90 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Letters, Ceremonial Art
Ner Yisrael by the Maggid of Kozhnitz – Lviv, ca. 1840s – First Edition – Segulah for Protection – Copy of Rebbe Chaim Meir Yechiel Shapira of Drohobych
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Ner Yisrael, by R. Yisrael Hopstein – the Maggid of Kozhnitz, "wonderful commentary, Torah novellae and lofty secrets", on the book Likutei R. Hai Gaon – "profound and awesome secrets on the 42-letter name". "Vilna" [Lviv? ca. 1842-1852]. First edition of the Ner Yisrael commentary.
This book contains two compositions published earlier in Warsaw (1798) with the encouragement of the Maggid of Kozhnitz: Likutei R. Hai Gaon, by R. Moshe of Burgos (leading Spanish kabbalist in the 12th century) and Shaar HaShamayim, attributed to R. Yosef Gikatilla (though it is actually part II of the book Sefer HaIyun by Rav Chamai Gaon). This edition includes a profound commentary entitled Ner Yisrael, by the Maggid of Kozhnitz, as well as the 58 kabbalistic principles by the same author, printed here for the first time.
The kabbalist, R. Amram Offman, in his preface to Petilat HaNer (commentary on Ner Yisrael), writes that this book is a "segulah for protection, as it is well-known that the 42-letter name serves as a protection".
Copy of Rebbe Chaim Meir Yechiel Shapira of Drohobych (1864-1924), with his stamps on the title page and other leaves.
[2], 24 leaves. 23 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Some worming. Inscriptions. Old binding, damaged and partially detached.
PLEASE NOTE: Item description was shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
This book contains two compositions published earlier in Warsaw (1798) with the encouragement of the Maggid of Kozhnitz: Likutei R. Hai Gaon, by R. Moshe of Burgos (leading Spanish kabbalist in the 12th century) and Shaar HaShamayim, attributed to R. Yosef Gikatilla (though it is actually part II of the book Sefer HaIyun by Rav Chamai Gaon). This edition includes a profound commentary entitled Ner Yisrael, by the Maggid of Kozhnitz, as well as the 58 kabbalistic principles by the same author, printed here for the first time.
The kabbalist, R. Amram Offman, in his preface to Petilat HaNer (commentary on Ner Yisrael), writes that this book is a "segulah for protection, as it is well-known that the 42-letter name serves as a protection".
Copy of Rebbe Chaim Meir Yechiel Shapira of Drohobych (1864-1924), with his stamps on the title page and other leaves.
[2], 24 leaves. 23 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Some worming. Inscriptions. Old binding, damaged and partially detached.
PLEASE NOTE: Item description was shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
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