Printed "Mizrah", published by Rabbi [Yissachar] "Ber Tsvebner ben HaGaon of Kobelsdorf". [Press of Rabbi Avraham Roytenburg (?) Frumkin (?) or Solomon (?), Jerusalem, ca. 1870-1875].
Printed at the top is an inscription in Hebrew and Aramaic reading "Wonderful segula… in times of pollution and plague", by the Kabbalist Rabbi Shimshon ben Pesah Ostropoli, (1600-1648), ending in a prayer, "To purify and distill the air of your world from all pollution and corruption". Printed beneath the segula and the prayer are two illustrations (on the right - the Western Wall, on the left - the Tomb of the Davidian Kings). Between them is a commentary by Rabbi Yoel Ba'al Shem (I) of Zamość - a chart with the 42 journeys of the Israelites in the desert, arranged according to the 42-letter name of G-d.
An inscription on the margin notes that the "Mizrah" was printed "By commission and published by the son of the Gaon of Kobelsdorf". The publisher's father, Rabbi Avraham Shag-Zwebner, Rabbi of Kobersdorf, died in 1876, and since he is mentioned in the Birkat HaChayim (Blessing of the Living) we may deduce that the "Mizrah" was printed prior to this date.
50X37 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Tears to margins. A number of tears, some reinforced with adhesive tape. Folding marks. Mounted on passe-partout (with acid adhesive tape).
Not in NLI or in S. HaLevi.