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

Yayin Hameshumar - Stamps of the Rebbe of Lelov / Makor Chochmah / Sha'ar Hamitzvot - First Edition with Kabbalistic Glosses from Yemenite Scholars

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Three Kabbalistic works bound in one volume. One book belonged to R. Alter Biderman, Rebbe of Lelov-Sosnowice, and another book has kabbalistic glosses from a Yemenite scholar.
* "Yayin Hameshumar"; essay by the Kabbalist R. Nathan Shapira of Jerusalem. Mukacheve, 1902. Third edition. Approbation of the author of "Darkei Teshuva". Many stamps (imitation of handwritten letters) of the Rebbe of Lelow, R. "Alter ben R. Elazar Menachem". [R. Alter Biderman (1862-1933) was born in Jerusalem to his father, R. Elazar Mendel, and was named Avraham Bezalel Nathan Nata, but was known as Alter. In 1894 he travelled to Poland and established his Chassidic court in Sosnowice, Poland, where he was known as the "Eretz Israel Rebbe"].
* Sefer Mekor Chochmah, by R. Elazar Ber of Kremenets. Warsaw, 1899. Third edition.
* Sefer Sha'ar Hamitzvot (Fifth Sha'ar) by R. Chaim Vital. Fifth of eight She'arim authored by R. Chaim Vital based on the Kabbalistic teachings of the Ari. Salonika: Yitzchak Jakhun, [1852]. First edition. Glosses, stamps and ownership inscriptions in Yemenite handwriting. The blank pages contain long Kabbalistic notations in Yemenite handwriting.
Three books bound in one volume: 54 leaves; 41 leaves; [1 handwritten leaf], 72 leaves, [2 handwritten leaves]. 21 cm. Good to good-fair condition. Stains and wear. New binding.
Signatures - Chassidism
Signatures - Chassidism