Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Sefer VeCherev Pifiyot - Lviv, 1786 - Printed by Shlomo Yarish

Opening: $300
Sold for: $5,250
Including buyer's premium
Sefer VeCherev Pifiyot - Ketem Paz VeGelilei Zahav, Kabbalistic commentary on Keriat Shema and the holy names intrinsic in its recital, by R. Yeshaya Halevi, one of the greatest Kabbalists in the "Kloiz" (small study hall) in Brody. Lviv: Shlomo Yarish, 1786.
The printing house of Shlomo Yarish Rappaport printed the book Noam Elimelech in 1788, and it was commonly accepted that the press workers were holy men "of the 36 hidden holy men in each generation". [See B. Landau, Rebbe Elimelech of Lizhensk, Jerusalem, 1963, p. 311, who relates an oral tradition told by R. Moshe Halberstam regarding the great holiness of the Shlomo Yarish edition of the Sefer Noam Elimelech, since "it was printed by G-d fearing men, including several of the 36 hidden holy men who support the generation"].
The beginning of the book includes approbations from Galician rabbis and the rabbis of the "Kloiz" in Brody, who praise the vast Kabbalistic knowledge of the author, and the fact that he was the foremost student of R. Chaim Sanzer, leading kabbalist of the kloiz in Brody.
[2], 18 leaves; 36, [1] leaves. 22.5 cm. Wide margins. Good condition. Wear and large dampstains to the first pages. The remainder of the pages are in good condition, with slight staining. Non-original binding.
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