Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
Yaavetz Siddur, Birat Migdal Oz – With Approbation of Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhin – Berditchev, 1836 – Incomplete Copy
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Birat Migdal Oz, Birkot Shamayim, Part III of R. Yaakov Emden's siddur. Berditchev (Berdychiv), 1836. Second edition. With approbations by R. Yisrael of Ruzhin, R. Mordechai of Chernobyl and Yitzchak Eizik of Berditchev.
Part III of the siddur Paltin Beit El, arranged by R. Yaakov Emden (first published in Altona, 1745-1747). The other parts were not printed in Berdychiv. This part contains Seder Brit Milah, laws and customs encompassing the human life cycle, methods of education, laws of kashrut, ethics, philosophy and more.
R. Yaakov Emden's siddur became widely accepted in the Chassidic world, and its second edition was printed in Korets in 1818, at the initiative and with the approbations of great Chassidic leaders – the rabbi of Apta and R. Mordechai of Chernobyl. The Korets edition included Parts I and II only. The third part (this part) was printed in Berdychiv in 1836 at the initiative and with the approbations of R. Mordechai of Chernobyl and R. Yisrael of Ruzhin (the latter praised the siddur in his approbation: "It was established and originates from golden foundations, in order to indicate the correct path with pure intellect on the topic of prayer").
The Imrei Yosef of Spinka wrote in the name of the sons of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz, that they heard from their father that the Baal Shem Tov told R. Efraim, brother of the Yaavetz: "Your brother the Yaavetz is connected to the Upper spheres all day" (approbation of R. Moshe Halberstam to the Eshkol edition of the siddur, Jerusalem 1993). Tzror HaChaim (by R. Ch. Liebersohn, Biłgoraj 1913, p. 22) recounts: "The Chacham Tzvi had five sons. The Baal Shem Tov attested that all five sons merited Divine Inspiration, extensively praising one of them without disclosing his name. His close disciples later said that he was referring to the Yaavetz". The Yeshuot Moshe of Vizhnitz writes in his approbation to the Eshkol edition: "…this siddur did not leave the tables of our teachers and ancestors, who used it constantly, especially while leading the Seder on Passover night". Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch quoted precisions and practices from this siddur several times in his discourses, and once remarked that "R. Yaakov Emden exercised ultimate precision in every way, to the point of being meticulous even regarding the letters etc." (BeTzel HaChochma, p. 265).
Ownership inscriptions and many signatures of R. Yosef Mendel Tashker of Tiberias and his son R. Meshulam Zusia Tashker.
Incomplete copy. [2], 4-34, 37-225 leaves. Lacking first title page and 140 final leaves (ff. 226-362, [3]). 21.5 cm. Light-colored, high-quality thick paper. Wide margins. Good condition. Minor wear to first leaves. Stamp and many handwritten inscriptions. Early leather binding. Front board detached.
Part III of the siddur Paltin Beit El, arranged by R. Yaakov Emden (first published in Altona, 1745-1747). The other parts were not printed in Berdychiv. This part contains Seder Brit Milah, laws and customs encompassing the human life cycle, methods of education, laws of kashrut, ethics, philosophy and more.
R. Yaakov Emden's siddur became widely accepted in the Chassidic world, and its second edition was printed in Korets in 1818, at the initiative and with the approbations of great Chassidic leaders – the rabbi of Apta and R. Mordechai of Chernobyl. The Korets edition included Parts I and II only. The third part (this part) was printed in Berdychiv in 1836 at the initiative and with the approbations of R. Mordechai of Chernobyl and R. Yisrael of Ruzhin (the latter praised the siddur in his approbation: "It was established and originates from golden foundations, in order to indicate the correct path with pure intellect on the topic of prayer").
The Imrei Yosef of Spinka wrote in the name of the sons of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz, that they heard from their father that the Baal Shem Tov told R. Efraim, brother of the Yaavetz: "Your brother the Yaavetz is connected to the Upper spheres all day" (approbation of R. Moshe Halberstam to the Eshkol edition of the siddur, Jerusalem 1993). Tzror HaChaim (by R. Ch. Liebersohn, Biłgoraj 1913, p. 22) recounts: "The Chacham Tzvi had five sons. The Baal Shem Tov attested that all five sons merited Divine Inspiration, extensively praising one of them without disclosing his name. His close disciples later said that he was referring to the Yaavetz". The Yeshuot Moshe of Vizhnitz writes in his approbation to the Eshkol edition: "…this siddur did not leave the tables of our teachers and ancestors, who used it constantly, especially while leading the Seder on Passover night". Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch quoted precisions and practices from this siddur several times in his discourses, and once remarked that "R. Yaakov Emden exercised ultimate precision in every way, to the point of being meticulous even regarding the letters etc." (BeTzel HaChochma, p. 265).
Ownership inscriptions and many signatures of R. Yosef Mendel Tashker of Tiberias and his son R. Meshulam Zusia Tashker.
Incomplete copy. [2], 4-34, 37-225 leaves. Lacking first title page and 140 final leaves (ff. 226-362, [3]). 21.5 cm. Light-colored, high-quality thick paper. Wide margins. Good condition. Minor wear to first leaves. Stamp and many handwritten inscriptions. Early leather binding. Front board detached.
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