Auction 27 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters

Ohr HaMeir – Korets 1798, First Edition

Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,000
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Ohr HaMeir, Chassidic and Kabbalistic allegories and interpretations on the Torah, the Megillot and the Festivals by Rebbe Ze’ev Wolf of Zhitomir. Vol.1-3. [Korets, 1798]. First edition.
One of the first books of Chassidut with teachings of the Ba’al Shem Tov. The author, who died in 1798, was among the greatest disciples of the Maggid of Mezerich, and a close disciple of Rabbi Ya’akov Yosef of Polná, Rabbi Nachum of Chernobyl and Rabbi Yitzchak of Berditchev.
All three volumes are bound together: [1] 58, 61-80, [2] leaves; 52, 55-98, 101-120 leaves; 64 leaves. [Two leaves are missing in the middle of Part 3]. 19 cm. Light greenish paper. Fair-poor condition, much wear, stains and moth holes. Damages with omission on title page and several leaves. Pasted restoration paper. Unbound.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 24.
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