Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Ya'avetz Siddur, Birat Migdal Oz - With Approbation of Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhin - Berdychiv, 1836 - Two Title Pages - Fine Wide-Margined Copy, with Early Leather Binding
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Birat Migdal Oz, Birkot Shamayim, Part III of R. Yaakov Emden's siddur. Berdychiv, 1836. Second edition.
Part III of the siddur Paltin Beit El, arranged by Rabbi Yaakov Emden, Altona 1745-1747 (no other parts were printed in Berdychiv). This part contains Seder Brit Milah, laws and customs encompassing the human life cycle, methods of education, laws of kashrut, ethics, philosophy and more.
R. Yaakov Emden's siddur became widely accepted in the Chassidic world, and its second edition was printed in Korets in 1818, at the initiative and with the approbations of great Chassidic leaders - the rabbi of Apta and R. Mordechai of Chernobyl. The Korets edition included parts I and II only. The third part (this part) was printed in Berdychiv in 1836 at the initiative and with the approbations of R. Mordechai of Chernobyl and R. Yisrael of Ruzhin (the latter praised the siddur in his approbation: "It was established and originates from golden foundations, in order to indicate the correct path with pure intellect on the topic of prayer").
The Imrei Yosef of Spinka wrote in the name of the sons of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz, who heard from their father who had a tradition that the Baal Shem Tov told R. Efraim, brother of the Yaavetz: "Your brother the Yaavetz was connected to the Upper spheres all day" (approbation of R. Moshe Halberstam to the Eshkol edition of the siddur, Jerusalem 1993). Tzror HaChaim (by R. Ch. Liebersohn, Biłgoraj 1913, p. 22), quotes in the name of the Baal Shem Tov: "Chacham Tzvi had five sons, whom the Baal Shem Tov attested all merited Divine Inspiration, yet he offered especially effusive praise on one of them, without disclosing which one. His friends confirmed that he was referring to the Yaavetz". The Yeshuot Moshe of Vizhnitz writes in his approbation to that same edition: "…this siddur did not depart from the tables of our teachers and ancestors, who utilized it constantly, especially while leading the Seder on Passover night". Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch quoted precisions and practices from this siddur several times in his discourses, and once remarked "R. Yaakov Emden exercised ultimate precision in every way, to the point of being meticulous even regarding the letters etc." (BeTzel HaChochma, p. 265).
[3], 4-34, 37-362, [3] leaves. Approx. 20.5 cm. High-quality paper. Wide margins. Overall good condition. Stains. Wear and tears to both title pages. Paper reinforcements to both title pages and to three last leaves. Minor worming to first and last leaves. Fine early leather binding.
Includes [3] errata leaves which are not listed in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book.
Part III of the siddur Paltin Beit El, arranged by Rabbi Yaakov Emden, Altona 1745-1747 (no other parts were printed in Berdychiv). This part contains Seder Brit Milah, laws and customs encompassing the human life cycle, methods of education, laws of kashrut, ethics, philosophy and more.
R. Yaakov Emden's siddur became widely accepted in the Chassidic world, and its second edition was printed in Korets in 1818, at the initiative and with the approbations of great Chassidic leaders - the rabbi of Apta and R. Mordechai of Chernobyl. The Korets edition included parts I and II only. The third part (this part) was printed in Berdychiv in 1836 at the initiative and with the approbations of R. Mordechai of Chernobyl and R. Yisrael of Ruzhin (the latter praised the siddur in his approbation: "It was established and originates from golden foundations, in order to indicate the correct path with pure intellect on the topic of prayer").
The Imrei Yosef of Spinka wrote in the name of the sons of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz, who heard from their father who had a tradition that the Baal Shem Tov told R. Efraim, brother of the Yaavetz: "Your brother the Yaavetz was connected to the Upper spheres all day" (approbation of R. Moshe Halberstam to the Eshkol edition of the siddur, Jerusalem 1993). Tzror HaChaim (by R. Ch. Liebersohn, Biłgoraj 1913, p. 22), quotes in the name of the Baal Shem Tov: "Chacham Tzvi had five sons, whom the Baal Shem Tov attested all merited Divine Inspiration, yet he offered especially effusive praise on one of them, without disclosing which one. His friends confirmed that he was referring to the Yaavetz". The Yeshuot Moshe of Vizhnitz writes in his approbation to that same edition: "…this siddur did not depart from the tables of our teachers and ancestors, who utilized it constantly, especially while leading the Seder on Passover night". Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch quoted precisions and practices from this siddur several times in his discourses, and once remarked "R. Yaakov Emden exercised ultimate precision in every way, to the point of being meticulous even regarding the letters etc." (BeTzel HaChochma, p. 265).
[3], 4-34, 37-362, [3] leaves. Approx. 20.5 cm. High-quality paper. Wide margins. Overall good condition. Stains. Wear and tears to both title pages. Paper reinforcements to both title pages and to three last leaves. Minor worming to first and last leaves. Fine early leather binding.
Includes [3] errata leaves which are not listed in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book.
Siddurim, Machzorim and Prayer Books
Siddurim, Machzorim and Prayer Books