Auction 93 Part 2 - Ancient Books, Chassidic and Kabbalistic Books, Manuscripts and Letters

Or LaShamayim (R. Meir of Apta) – Lviv, 1850 – First Printing of the Author's Prayer for Livelihood, which the Tiferet Shlomo Declared as "An Awesome Segulah for Livelihood and Success"

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Or LaShamayim, Chassidic essays on the Torah portions, novellae on Talmudic topics and responsa, by Rebbe Meir HaLevi Rotenberg Rabbi of Stovnitz and Apta, disciple of the Chozeh of Lublin. [Lviv, 1850]. First edition.


The author's famous prayer is printed at the beginning of the book: "Yodati Ki Hineni BeYodcha…". Later editions of the book state that the Tiferet Shlomo of Radomsk who would recite the prayer twice daily, and declared that reciting the prayer daily is "an awesome segulah for livelihood and success".


[1], 74, 77-78, [1], 78-81 leaves (without additional [1] leaf of errata at the end, found in some copies only). Misfoliation. 21 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Marginal wear and tear to some leaves. Worming, affecting text. Inscriptions and stamps. New binding.

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