Auction 95 Early Printed Books, Chassidut and Kabbalah, Letters and Manuscripts, Engravings and Jewish Ceremonial Objects
Yesod Yitzchak, with Study Order for Vach Nacht – Zhovkva, 1810 – First Edition
Yesod Yitzchak, Part I – kabbalistic and Chassidic teachings on Brit Milah; Part II – Halichot Olam, practices and segulot, by R. Yitzchak Eizik HaLevi of Zuravitz (Żurawica). Zhovkva: printer not indicated, [1810]. First edition.
Approbations of many great rabbis. The leaves with the “names of the signatories” appearing after the approbations contain information on the great rabbis of the generation and their addresses the year the book was printed.
Order of study for the night preceding a Brit Milah (Vach Nacht) on leaves 41-47 (compiled from the Zohar).
The author, R. Yitzchak Eizik HaLevi (1735-1783), was a kabbalist and hidden Tzaddik, reputedly an associate of the Baal Shem Tov. He also authored Raza Meheimna and Otiyot DeRabbi Yitzchak.
[5], 5-68 leaves. Missing last leaf. Leaf 14 bound out of sequence, after leaf 12. 22 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Wear. Open tears, including a large open tear to one leaf, affecting text, and a small open tear to the title page, lightly affecting the title frame, partially repaired with paper. Worming, affecting text. Close trimming, affecting text and headers in several places. New binding.
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