Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Part I
Handwritten Document on the subject of "Sefer HaZoref" and Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Margolioth – From the Archives of Joseph Perl
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"Ma'aseh BeRabi Ephraim Zalman Margolioth veSefer HaZoref." Handwritten leaf from the archives of Joseph Perl. [Galicia, 19th century]. Hebrew.
This document deals with different parts of "Sefer HaZoref" which Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Margolioth (Chief Judicial Rabbi of Brody) obtained from various sources. Among other things, it relates that he received a manuscript of "Sefer HaZoref" which had been copied from a manuscript belonging to Rabbi Israel Ba'al Shem Tov, founder of the Hasidic movement, who stated that "worlds can be built upon it".
[1] f., written on both sides, 24 cm. Fair condition. Several open tears, with damage to text. Tears to edges. Stains.
See:
1. Zeev Rabinovitz, "Al ‘Sefer HaZoref’ by Rabbi Yehoshua Heschel Zoref", Zion, VI, 1940-41 (Hebrew), pp. 80-84.
2. Gershom Scholem, "HaNavie HaShabtai R' Heschel Zoref – R' Adam Baal Shem". In: David Assaf and Esther Libas (eds.), "Hashelav Ha'aharon, Mehkarey HaHasidut shel Gershom Scholem", Jerusalem, 2008-09 (Hebrew), pp. 41-63.
This document deals with different parts of "Sefer HaZoref" which Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Margolioth (Chief Judicial Rabbi of Brody) obtained from various sources. Among other things, it relates that he received a manuscript of "Sefer HaZoref" which had been copied from a manuscript belonging to Rabbi Israel Ba'al Shem Tov, founder of the Hasidic movement, who stated that "worlds can be built upon it".
[1] f., written on both sides, 24 cm. Fair condition. Several open tears, with damage to text. Tears to edges. Stains.
See:
1. Zeev Rabinovitz, "Al ‘Sefer HaZoref’ by Rabbi Yehoshua Heschel Zoref", Zion, VI, 1940-41 (Hebrew), pp. 80-84.
2. Gershom Scholem, "HaNavie HaShabtai R' Heschel Zoref – R' Adam Baal Shem". In: David Assaf and Esther Libas (eds.), "Hashelav Ha'aharon, Mehkarey HaHasidut shel Gershom Scholem", Jerusalem, 2008-09 (Hebrew), pp. 41-63.
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