Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial

Or HaGanuz (Anipoli) – Segulah Book – Lviv, 1866 – First Edition – Approbation by the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch

Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,750
Including buyer's premium
Or HaGanuz, novellae on the Torah according to allegoric, kabbalistic and Chassidic approaches, with a second part – VeZot LiYehuda, novellae on Mishnayot "according to allegoric and kabbalistic approaches, lofty secrets", by R. Yehuda Leib HaKohen of Anipoli (Hannopil). Lviv, [1866]. First edition.
The book bears approbations of great Chassidic leaders, including the only approbation to a book ever issued by the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch. Another approbation, by R. Mordechai of Chernobyl (the Maggid of Chernobyl), extols the segulah and protective qualities of the book: "Every person should purchase this holy book for merit and excellent protection for himself and his descendants". His holy sons – R. Aharon of Chernobyl, R. Avraham of Trisk (Turiisk) and R. David of Tolna – also mention in their approbations the segulah for protection that their father described. In the publisher's foreword, the author's grandson likewise cites the protective qualities of the book.
Two title pages.
[1], 12; 84, 33 leaves. 24.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Worming, slightly affecting title page border. New leather binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 21.
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