Auction 90 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Letters, Ceremonial Art

Or HaChochmah – Łaszczów, 1815 – First Edition – Segulah for Easy Birth – Two Parts in Two Volumes

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Or HaChochmah, Chassidic and kabbalistic essays on the Torah, by the kabbalist R. Uri Feivel of Krisnipoli (Chervonohgrad) and Dubienka. [Łaszczów: Yehuda Leib Rubinstein and Moshe Zicker, 1815]. First edition. Two parts in two volumes. Incomplete copies.
This book is a segulah for an easy birth, and is customarily placed under the head of a birthing mother.
The author, kabbalist R. Uri Feivel of Krisnipoli and Dubienka (d. 1804-1808), close disciple of R. Kehat of Werish, disciple of the Baal Shem Tov.
Two parts in two volumes, incomplete copies. Vol. I: [1], 2-19, 21-35 (foliated "45"), 37 (foliated "47")-59, 61-76; 9, 11-29 (foliated "40"), 31-46 leaves. Misfoliation. Lacking 7 leaves: title page, leaves 1, 20, 36 and 60 of first sequence; and leaves 10 and 30 of second sequence. Vol. II: [1], 60, 59-102 leaves. Lacking final leaf. 21.5-22 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming, affecting text (extensive worming to vol. I). Tears, including open tears, repaired with paper. Open tear to title page of vol. II, affecting border, repaired with paper. New bindings.

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