Etz Chaim, the Ari's Kabbalistic teachings, by R. Chaim Vital. Three parts. With the Yafeh Shaa commentary; the Shemesh commentary and Nahar Shalom - by R. Shalom Sharabi the Rashash; glosses and commentaries; and more, published by R. Menachem Menchin Heilperin. Warsaw, 1890 – Jerusalem, 1910.
Stamps of R. "Yechezkel Levenstein – Ponovezh Yeshiva – Menahel Ruchani".
R. Yechezkel Levenstein (1885-1974) was a leader of the mussar movement, product of the Kelm Talmud Torah. He was the Menahel Ruchani (spiritual administrator) of the Mir Yeshiva in Poland, Shanghai and Jerusalem. After R. Dessler's passing, he was appointed spiritual administrator of the Ponovezh Yeshiva in Bnei-Brak. A holy, pious man, he was known for his connection to G-d and his abstention from earthly pleasures (he was never seen leaning back in his chair, and other exceptional conducts). The effectiveness of his blessings and prayers was well known and many were saved through his blessings. During the Holocaust, while the Mir Yeshiva escaped to Vilna and the Far-East, his disciples saw clearly that his decisions and blessings were supernatural, directed by heavenly revelations. He was very well-versed in Kabbalah, yet in public he was particular to only deliver ethical discourses, so many assumed he had no knowledge in Kabbalah. Or Yechezkel, Imrei Yechezkel, Avodat Yechezkel and more were published based on his discourses.
[10], 8, [6], 9-224; 237, [1]; 111 pages. 31 cm. Dry paper. Tears and wear. Stains. Original binding, with leather spine, slightly damaged.
This edition was printed mostly in Warsaw [1890]. Only the title page and the additional leaves of approbations (the first four leaves of the first part) were reprinted in Jerusalem by the publisher R. Menchin Heilperin and added to the copies he presumably brought with him from Europe, from the edition he printed in Warsaw. Though this fact is not stated in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book's listings (no. 000130724), it is verified and noticeable upon examination of this book.