Auction 6 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters

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Degel Machane Efraim – Koretz, 1810

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Sefer Degel Machaneh Efraim, by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Efraim Ashkenazi, Rabbi of Sadilkov, grand son of Rabbi Israel Ba'al Shem Tov. Koretz, [1810], first edition.
On Torah's order according to Chasidic teachings. Early book of Chasidut. Contains approbations by Rabbi Ya'akov Yitzchak HaLevi Horowitz – the Seer of Lublin, Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heshel of Apta, and others. At the end of the book there are collected writings of the Ba'al Shem Tov, and also "the dreams found in handwriting by the holy rabbi" (one leaf).
Blurred owners' signatures on leaf 1.
[2], 114 leaves, 20 cm. Blue-green paper. Fair condition, the first two leaves and the original last leaf are missing – copies of these two leaves are enclosed. There are stains, pastings for reinforcement, and the top edges of some of the leaves are cut off. Rebound.
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