Auction 93 Part 2 - Ancient Books, Chassidic and Kabbalistic Books, Manuscripts and Letters
Manuscript, Igrot M'Eretz HaKodesh – letters from Eretz Israel, from Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk and other rebbes, regarding Eretz Israel and other topics. [Eretz Israel?/Belarus?, ca. mid-19th century].
Cursive Ashkenazic script, with headings in calligraphic square script. Copies of letters pertaining to Eretz Israel, from 1778-1789, by Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk, Rebbe Avraham HaKohen of Kalisk, Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi and other rabbis.
R. Avraham HaKohen of Kalisk and R. Shneur Zalman of Liadi are mentioned in this manuscript as amongst the living, though this is presumably a later copying of a manuscript written in the lifetime of R. Avraham of Kalisk (before 1810).
The letters of the Chassidic leaders who immigrated to Eretz Israel and corresponded with their disciples in Belarus were printed in various books, and copied in many manuscripts. The printed and manuscript versions all differ from each other, both in contents and in text.
[85] written leaves (+ many blank leaves). 23 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Tiny marginal tears to some leaves. Inscriptions. New binding, with bookmark.
![Three notebooks handwritten by the kabbalist, R. Yehuda Leib Ashlag, the Baal HaSulam. [Eretz Israel, ca. 1920s].
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![Three notebooks handwritten by the kabbalist, R. Yehuda Leib Ashlag, the Baal HaSulam. [Eretz Israel, ca. 1920s].
Three work](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/477_2.jpg "Unpublished Works Handwritten by Rabbi Yehuda Leib Ashlag, the Baal Ha")
![Three notebooks handwritten by the kabbalist, R. Yehuda Leib Ashlag, the Baal HaSulam. [Eretz Israel, ca. 1920s].
Three work](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/477_3.jpg "Unpublished Works Handwritten by Rabbi Yehuda Leib Ashlag, the Baal Ha")
![Three notebooks handwritten by the kabbalist, R. Yehuda Leib Ashlag, the Baal HaSulam. [Eretz Israel, ca. 1920s].
Three work](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/477_4.jpg "Unpublished Works Handwritten by Rabbi Yehuda Leib Ashlag, the Baal Ha")
Three notebooks handwritten by the kabbalist, R. Yehuda Leib Ashlag, the Baal HaSulam. [Eretz Israel, ca. 1920s].
Three works on kabbalah and the Zohar, handwritten by the Baal HaSulam. The works are titled on the notebook wrappers: Kishrei HaTzinorot – essays on kabbalistic topics (heading on p. 12 dated 1922), Likutei Zohar VeSidrei Meorot – homilies, commentaries and novellae on the Zohar and kabbalistic concepts (dated 1923 in several places) and Terumat Netzach Part II – Noach, Lech, Vayera, Chaye Sara – kabbalistic commentaries and novellae on the Torah portions, and more (dated 1923).
The three notebooks are filled with neat, close writing (approx. 30-40 lines per page, some in two columns), and comprise three different works (or parts of works). To the best of our knowledge, these works are unpublished.
R. Yehuda Leib Ashlag (1884-1954), outstanding Torah scholar, kabbalist, and thinker. He served as rabbi in Warsaw, later immigrating to Jerusalem where he delivered many classes on kabbalah to elite Torah scholars. With time, a large group of disciples and Chassidim gathered around him, and appointed him their rebbe. He composed and published many works on kabbalah, most famously Talmud Eser Sefirot and the Sulam commentary on the Zohar.
Three notebooks: [27] written pages; [28] written pages; 31 written pages. Approx. 21 cm. Neat, close writing (approx. 30-40 lines per page). Good-fair condition. Dampstains and foxing. Wear; several detached leaves. Ink on several pages smudged due to dampness (script remains legible).