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Darchei HaEmunah – Iași, 1857 – Segulah Book, "Protection for the Home"

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Darchei HaEmunah, Chassidic commentaries on the Torah and festivals, by R. Yosef David HaKohen of Iași. Iași: Tzvi Hirsch Goldner, 1857. Only edition.

Segulah book for protection of the home, as attested by R. Yeshayah Schorr of Iași, author of Klil Tiferet, in his approbation.

The author,
R. Yosef David HaKohen (d. 1828), prominent early Chassidic leader. Served as rabbi of Zawałów and later succeeded the Ohev Yisrael as rabbi of Iași, where he set up his Beit Midrash.

[4], 102, 101-102, 105-144, 144-148 leaves. Misfoliation. 24.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, wear and creases. Tears and open tears to several leaves, mainly to first and last leaves (margins of title page reinforced with paper). Worming in many places on first and last leaves, affecting text. Early leather binding, worn, with damage and worming in many places.