Torat Kohanim with the Asirit HaEifah commentary, by Rebbe Yitzchak Eizik Yehudah Yechiel Safrin, Rabbi of Zidichov and Komarno, author of Heichal HaBerachah. Lemberg (Lviv): Loebl Balaban, 1848. First edition.

This book contains approbations by the Yismach Moshe and Maharam Ash. Reportedly, the Rebbe of Komarno traveled to the Yismach Moshe in Ujhel in order to receive his approbation to the book. The Yismach Moshe was weak and sick at the time, and on that occasion the Rebbe of Komarno revealed the origin of the soul of the Yismach Moshe and his grandson the Yitav Lev. An additional miraculous story occurred when he requested the approbation of the Maharam Ash.

Rebbe Yitzchak Eizik Yehudah Yechiel Safrin (1806-1874), Rabbi of Zidichov and Komarno, kabbalist and leading transmitter of the teachings of the Baal Shem Tov. He was a nephew and close disciple of the Sar Beit HaZohar, Rebbe Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov. He was cherished by foremost Chassidic leaders – the Chozeh of Lublin (who was also his matchmaker), the Ohev Yisrael of Apta, R. Moshe Tzvi of Savran, his uncle R. Moshe of Sambur, R. Yisrael of Ruzhin and others. He authored many books on Chassidut and Kabbalah, including the Heichal HaBerachah commentary on the Torah, based on the kabbalistic teachings of the Arizal and the Baal Shem Tov. The Chumash Heichal HaBerachah is a foundational work of Chassidut and kabbalah, and was prized by rebbes of all dynasties (the Zidichov dynasty, the Divrei Chaim and his descendants, the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch and others), who praised it for the quality and holiness of its kabbalistic teachings.

[2], 158 leaves [i.e., 157; misfoliation]. Leaf 54 appears twice, once with a printing error (a leaf belonging later in the book) and once correctly. 38.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including large dampstains. Worming, affecting text. Handwritten inscriptions. New binding.