Auction 22 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters

Sefer Otzar HaKavod – Nowy-Dwor, 1808 – Prominent Approbations

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Sefer Otzar HaKavod, Kabbalistic commentary on Aggadot of the Shas, by Rabbi Tordos Aboulafia. Nowy-Dwor, [1808].
Among early Kabbalistic books. First edition, with approbations of preacher, Rabbi Yisrael of Koznitz and Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Horowitz of Ropshitz [in the name of his rabbi Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Romanov]. Margins of page of approbations contain approbation in name of Seer of Lublin: “The great and famous luminary, Kabbalist and Hassid in Venice… Rabbi Ya’akov Yitzchak of Lantzut; abstained from writing approbations to books… however, due to his extreme passion for this holy book… signed his name… and his signature constitutes an approbation”.
Markings of lines for highlighting, and several brief handwritten glosses.
[3], 48 leaves. 20 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Ink-stamps. New binding.
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