Auction 82 - Part I - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Mekor Chaim by Rabbi Shmuel Vital - First Edition - Copy Studied In-Depth by Rebbe Yoel of Satmar
Opening: $1,500
Unsold
Mekor Chaim, year-round homiletics, by the kabbalist R. Shmuel Vital of Damascus, son and disciple of R. Chaim Vital. Livorno, [1792]. First edition.
Copy studied by Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar. A letter from R. Menachem Mendel Greenberg, attendant of the rebbe, is pasted to the endpaper (of the new binding), testifying that he lent the book "to the rebbe of Satmar in 1959, and he cherished it greatly and studied it in great depth". The title page bears stamps of R. "Mendel Greenberg".
[2], 86 leaves. 28 cm. Fair condition. Many dark stains. Worming and tears, affecting text. Many paper repairs. Stamp. New binding.
Copy studied by Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar. A letter from R. Menachem Mendel Greenberg, attendant of the rebbe, is pasted to the endpaper (of the new binding), testifying that he lent the book "to the rebbe of Satmar in 1959, and he cherished it greatly and studied it in great depth". The title page bears stamps of R. "Mendel Greenberg".
[2], 86 leaves. 28 cm. Fair condition. Many dark stains. Worming and tears, affecting text. Many paper repairs. Stamp. New binding.
Chassidut – Signatures, Dedications and Glosses
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