Auction 58 - Rare and Important Items
Sha'ar Ma'amarei Rashbi and Sha'ar Ma'amarei Razal - Salonika, 1862 - Copy of Rebbe Shalom Eliezer Halberstam of Ujfeherto (Ratzfert)
Opening: $5,000
Sold for: $6,250
Including buyer's premium
Sha'ar 2 and Sha'ar 3 [Sha'ar Ma'amarei Rashbi and Sha'ar Ma'amarei Razal], of eight Shea'rim, by R. Chaim Vital. [Salonika, 1862].
Inscription at top of title page: "This book belongs to R. Shalom Eliezer Halberstam". Similar inscription on the second to last page. Title page and several other leaves bear the stamps of "Shalom Eliezer Halberstam here in Ujfeherto" and "Shalom Eliezer Halberstam here in Tarnów ".
Rebbe Shalom Eliezer Halberstam (1862-1944) was one of the younger sons of the Rebbe, author of Divrei Chaim of Sanz, a leading tsaddik and wonder-worker in the pre-Holocaust generation. As a youngster, prominent rebbes already talked of his holiness and lofty soul. For example, during his stay in Sanz, the Rebbe, author of Tiferet Shlomo of Radomsko pointed to R. Shalom Eliezer and said that at the coming of the Messiah he will be among the Jewish leaders. At the time of his father's death, he was only 14 years old and was raised by his elder brother the Rebbe of Shinova. He married his niece, daughter of his sister and brother-in-law Rebbe Mordechai Dov Twersky Rabbi of Gornostaypol. In 1886, R. Shalom Eliezer settled in the city of Tarnów and cloistered himself in the kloiz of the Sanz Chassidim studying Torah day and night. In 1899, he established his court in the city of Ujfeherto and lived there for more than 40 years reputed as a wonder-worker drawing Jews from throughout Hungary to his court in Ujfeherto who were subsequently helped by his blessings. During the Holocaust, he refused to abandon his community and perished with them in Auschwitz in the month of Sivan 1944.
[2], 25; 69; 25 leaves. 32.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Wear and small tears to title page margins. Large open tear to leaf 55, affecting text. Old worn binding, mostly detached.
Inscription at top of title page: "This book belongs to R. Shalom Eliezer Halberstam". Similar inscription on the second to last page. Title page and several other leaves bear the stamps of "Shalom Eliezer Halberstam here in Ujfeherto" and "Shalom Eliezer Halberstam here in Tarnów ".
Rebbe Shalom Eliezer Halberstam (1862-1944) was one of the younger sons of the Rebbe, author of Divrei Chaim of Sanz, a leading tsaddik and wonder-worker in the pre-Holocaust generation. As a youngster, prominent rebbes already talked of his holiness and lofty soul. For example, during his stay in Sanz, the Rebbe, author of Tiferet Shlomo of Radomsko pointed to R. Shalom Eliezer and said that at the coming of the Messiah he will be among the Jewish leaders. At the time of his father's death, he was only 14 years old and was raised by his elder brother the Rebbe of Shinova. He married his niece, daughter of his sister and brother-in-law Rebbe Mordechai Dov Twersky Rabbi of Gornostaypol. In 1886, R. Shalom Eliezer settled in the city of Tarnów and cloistered himself in the kloiz of the Sanz Chassidim studying Torah day and night. In 1899, he established his court in the city of Ujfeherto and lived there for more than 40 years reputed as a wonder-worker drawing Jews from throughout Hungary to his court in Ujfeherto who were subsequently helped by his blessings. During the Holocaust, he refused to abandon his community and perished with them in Auschwitz in the month of Sivan 1944.
[2], 25; 69; 25 leaves. 32.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Wear and small tears to title page margins. Large open tear to leaf 55, affecting text. Old worn binding, mostly detached.