Auction 101 Part 2 Chassidut and Kabbalah | Jerusalem Printings | Letters and Manuscripts | Objects

Pirkei Heichalot and Testament of Naftali son of Jacob – Jerusalem, 1889 – Copy of Rabbi Yechezkel Sarna

Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Pirkei Heichalot, by the Tannaim R. Yishmael the High Priest and R. Akiva, and Testament of Naftali son of Jacob to his sons, published for the first time from an ancient manuscript by R. Shlomo Aharon Wertheimer. Jerusalem: [Zichron Shlomo, established by the brothers Löwy, 1889].

On front endpaper and title page, stamps (very blurred) of R. Yechezkel Sarna.
R. Yechezkel Sarna, dean of Hebron yeshiva (1889-1969), a leading Torah and Musar scholar. He was a close disciple of the Alter of Slabodka, and son-in-law of R. Moshe Mordechai Epstein, dean of the Knesset Yisrael yeshiva in Slabodka. R. Yechezkel Sarna was a founder of the Hebron branch of the yeshiva in 1925, and headed it for decades after it relocated to Jerusalem.
Additional stamp on title page: "Eliyahu son of R. Aharon HaKohen, America".

[1], 3-13 leaves. 19.5 cm. Dry, brittle paper. Fair condition. Stains. Wear. Tears and open tears to title page and other leaves, affecting text, repaired with paper (covering parts of text of printing details on title page). Old binding.

Sh. Halevy, No. 674.