The seventh and eighth sections, Sha'ar Ru'ach HaKodesh and Sha'ar HaGilgulim, “of the eight sections written by the Rabbi the G-dly Mekubal Rabbi Chaim Vital… as he received from his teacher…Rabbi Yitzchak Luria Ashkenazi”. Jerusalem, [1863]. Printed by Yisrael Beck. First edition. Special title page and pagination for Sha'ar HaGilgulim.
Stamp of the Lelów Rebbe Rabbi "Elazar Menachem ben Rabbi Moshe, in the city of Jerusalem". Many stamps patterned after the signature of his son Rebbe "Alter ben R' Eliezer Menachem". And many stamps: "Avraham Bezalel Nathan Neta ben R' Elazar Menachem Biderman, Jerusalem".
Rabbi Elazar Menachem Mendel Biderman (1827-1883), son of Rebbe Moshe'le of Lelów (Lelov), and son-in-law of the son of the "Chozeh of Lublin". Ascended to Eretz Israel in 1851 and that very year succeeded his father, the founder of the first Chassidic community in Jerusalem [until his days, there were Chassidic settlements only in Tiberias and Safed. In Jerusalem lived mainly the Pharisees, disciples of the Vilna Gaon and the Chatam Sofer]. He was renowned for his prayers and did not miss even one day of prayer by the Western Wall.
His son Rebbe Alter Biderman, (1862-1933) was born in Jerusalem to his father Rebbe Elazar Mendel of Lelów and was named Avraham Bezalel Nathan Netz, but was called Alter. In 1894, he traveled to Poland and led the Chassidic community in the city of Sosnowica in Poland and was called "Der Eretz Israel Rebbe".
[2], 76, [4] leaves; 78 leaves. 21 cm. High-quality paper, good condition, foxing. Paper covered leather binding, slightly worn.