Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Pri Etz Chaim - With Additions of Rabbi Shabtai of Rashkov, Disciple of the Baal Shem Tov - Korets, 1785 - Signatures
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Pri Etz Chaim, homily and kavanot of the Arizal on the weekday, Shabbat and festival prayers, by R. Chaim Vital, edited by R. Meir Poppers. Korets, [1785].
Pri Etz Chaim was first published in Korets in 1782, yet this edition, printed in 1785, is based on an independently edited manuscripts, and is in effect a different version, with textual variations compared to the 1782 edition.
This edition was edited by the kabbalist R. Meir Poppers, whilst in the 1782 edition, the first half was edited by the kabbalist R. Natan Shapira, and only the second half by R. Meir Poppers. Likewise, this edition contains over one hundred notes and additions which were not included in the 1782 edition, some opening with the word "Tzemach" (the glosses of the kabbalist R. Yaakov Tzemach), and others with the word "MehaChaverim" (= from the friends - novellae originating from other disciples of the Arizal, not from R. Chaim Vital).
[One of the famous additions which first appeared in this edition is the establishment of Lag BaOmer as the date of the passing of R. Shimon bar Yochai (p. 108a). This passage was included in all further editions, until this day].
On verso of the title page, the printers state that this edition is based on "a very accurate Pri Etz Chaim book, copied from the manuscript of the late, pious kabbalist R. Shabtai Rashkover (disciple of the Baal Shem Tov), whose writings are all reputed to be perfect".
Signatures: "Elimelech Perlman" (R. Elimelech Perlman, one of the leaders of the Jerusalem Chassidic community and its institutions. He immigrated to Jerusalem after 1850 and founded many neighborhoods in the city, the most famous being the Batei Perlman neighborhood. He was the son of R. Yisrael Isser Perlman Rabbi of Rozwadow and son-in-law of R. Baruch Binyamin Ze'ev Weinstock). Stamps: "Natan Yehuda Leib Minzberg in Jerusalem".
[1], 132 leaves. 32 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Dampstains. Tears to title page, affecting border and text on verso, repaired with paper. Marginal paper repairs to first leaves. Old binding, with damage.
Pri Etz Chaim was first published in Korets in 1782, yet this edition, printed in 1785, is based on an independently edited manuscripts, and is in effect a different version, with textual variations compared to the 1782 edition.
This edition was edited by the kabbalist R. Meir Poppers, whilst in the 1782 edition, the first half was edited by the kabbalist R. Natan Shapira, and only the second half by R. Meir Poppers. Likewise, this edition contains over one hundred notes and additions which were not included in the 1782 edition, some opening with the word "Tzemach" (the glosses of the kabbalist R. Yaakov Tzemach), and others with the word "MehaChaverim" (= from the friends - novellae originating from other disciples of the Arizal, not from R. Chaim Vital).
[One of the famous additions which first appeared in this edition is the establishment of Lag BaOmer as the date of the passing of R. Shimon bar Yochai (p. 108a). This passage was included in all further editions, until this day].
On verso of the title page, the printers state that this edition is based on "a very accurate Pri Etz Chaim book, copied from the manuscript of the late, pious kabbalist R. Shabtai Rashkover (disciple of the Baal Shem Tov), whose writings are all reputed to be perfect".
Signatures: "Elimelech Perlman" (R. Elimelech Perlman, one of the leaders of the Jerusalem Chassidic community and its institutions. He immigrated to Jerusalem after 1850 and founded many neighborhoods in the city, the most famous being the Batei Perlman neighborhood. He was the son of R. Yisrael Isser Perlman Rabbi of Rozwadow and son-in-law of R. Baruch Binyamin Ze'ev Weinstock). Stamps: "Natan Yehuda Leib Minzberg in Jerusalem".
[1], 132 leaves. 32 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Dampstains. Tears to title page, affecting border and text on verso, repaired with paper. Marginal paper repairs to first leaves. Old binding, with damage.
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