Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
Kedushat Levi – Berditchev, 1816 – First Edition to Contain the Essays on the Torah Together with the Kedushot for Chanukah and Purim, with Many Additions
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Kedushat Levi, two parts, Chassidic and Kabbalistic essays on the Torah portions, festivals, and Aggadot, by R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev. Berditchev (Berdychiv), 1816. With approbations by the Ohev Yisrael of Apta and R. Aharon of Zhitomir.
The book Kedushat Levi was printed by the author R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev twice in his lifetime, and comprised only the Kedushot essays on Chanukah and Purim. The first edition was printed in Slavita, 1798, and a second in Zhovkva, 1806. After his passing (Tishrei 1809), his descendants published for the first time his essays on the Torah portions (Berditchev, 1811), yet without the Kedushot essays on Chanukah and Purim. In the present edition, both parts were printed together for the first time in one volume – the essays on the Torah together with the Kedushot on Chanukah and Purim (separate title page for each part).
This edition also includes many additions from the author's manuscript. Each addition is marked at the beginning and end with a symbol of a hand (wherever several new essays were printed consecutively, the symbol was only printed at the beginning of the first essay and at the end of the last, rather than by each essay).
This is also the first edition bearing approbations by the author's colleague – the Ohev Yisrael of Apta, and the author's disciple – R. Aharon of Zhitomir, author of Toldot Aharon.
Prominent Torah scholars attested that 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.
Ownership inscription on title page (trimmed): "Yehuda Leibish son-in-law of… Ropshitz".
3, 3-18, [1], 22-147 leaves; [2], 3-38 leaves. 19.5 cm. Condition varies. Most leaves in good condition. Title page, first and last leaves in fair-poor condition. Stains. Open tears to title page, affecting text on both sides and border, repaired with paper (with photocopy replacements). Additional tears and worming to first and last leaves, repaired. Stamp and handwritten inscriptions. New binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 510.
The book Kedushat Levi was printed by the author R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev twice in his lifetime, and comprised only the Kedushot essays on Chanukah and Purim. The first edition was printed in Slavita, 1798, and a second in Zhovkva, 1806. After his passing (Tishrei 1809), his descendants published for the first time his essays on the Torah portions (Berditchev, 1811), yet without the Kedushot essays on Chanukah and Purim. In the present edition, both parts were printed together for the first time in one volume – the essays on the Torah together with the Kedushot on Chanukah and Purim (separate title page for each part).
This edition also includes many additions from the author's manuscript. Each addition is marked at the beginning and end with a symbol of a hand (wherever several new essays were printed consecutively, the symbol was only printed at the beginning of the first essay and at the end of the last, rather than by each essay).
This is also the first edition bearing approbations by the author's colleague – the Ohev Yisrael of Apta, and the author's disciple – R. Aharon of Zhitomir, author of Toldot Aharon.
Prominent Torah scholars attested that 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.
Ownership inscription on title page (trimmed): "Yehuda Leibish son-in-law of… Ropshitz".
3, 3-18, [1], 22-147 leaves; [2], 3-38 leaves. 19.5 cm. Condition varies. Most leaves in good condition. Title page, first and last leaves in fair-poor condition. Stains. Open tears to title page, affecting text on both sides and border, repaired with paper (with photocopy replacements). Additional tears and worming to first and last leaves, repaired. Stamp and handwritten inscriptions. New binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 510.
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