Auction 83 - Part I - Rare and Important Items
Kedushat Levi – Berditchev 1811 – First Edition of the Torah Commentary and Selections – Incomplete Copy
Opening: $1,000
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Sold for: $3,250
Including buyer's premium
Kedushat Levi on the Torah portions, with selections, by Rebbe Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev. [Berditchev (Berdychiv): Shmuel son of Yissachar Ber Segal, 1811]. First edition of the commentary on the Torah.
The essays by R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev on the Torah portions were printed for the first time in this edition (up until then, only the Kedushot essays on Chanukah and Purim were printed, under the title Kedushat Levi). The essays were published by his descendants after his passing (in Tishrei 1809), based on the writings he left behind. The present edition does not include the Kedushot on Chanukah and Purim.
Prominent Torah scholars attested that the book Kedushat Levi bears the remarkable power of endowing its reader with enthusiasm and devotion in love and fear of G-d, also maintaining that just keeping the book in the house has the capacity to mitigate decrees and protect from destructive forces, as the Ohev Yisrael wrote in his approbation (to the 1816 edition). This was also mentioned by R. Aharon of Zhitomir (in his approbation to the 1816 edition), and by the rabbis of Munkacs (in their approbation to the Munkacs 1939 edition).
Incomplete, damaged copy. 161 leaves. Lacking title page and final leaf. Approx. 19 cm. Bluish paper. Fair condition. Stains, including dark stains. Wear (extensive wear to first leaves). Open tears affecting text. Minor worming. Leaves trimmed close to headings, with damage to headings in several places. New binding.
Rare edition.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 509.
The essays by R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev on the Torah portions were printed for the first time in this edition (up until then, only the Kedushot essays on Chanukah and Purim were printed, under the title Kedushat Levi). The essays were published by his descendants after his passing (in Tishrei 1809), based on the writings he left behind. The present edition does not include the Kedushot on Chanukah and Purim.
Prominent Torah scholars attested that the book Kedushat Levi bears the remarkable power of endowing its reader with enthusiasm and devotion in love and fear of G-d, also maintaining that just keeping the book in the house has the capacity to mitigate decrees and protect from destructive forces, as the Ohev Yisrael wrote in his approbation (to the 1816 edition). This was also mentioned by R. Aharon of Zhitomir (in his approbation to the 1816 edition), and by the rabbis of Munkacs (in their approbation to the Munkacs 1939 edition).
Incomplete, damaged copy. 161 leaves. Lacking title page and final leaf. Approx. 19 cm. Bluish paper. Fair condition. Stains, including dark stains. Wear (extensive wear to first leaves). Open tears affecting text. Minor worming. Leaves trimmed close to headings, with damage to headings in several places. New binding.
Rare edition.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 509.
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