Auction 11 Rare and Unique Items
By Jerusalem of gold
Jan 5, 2017
Jerusalem, Israel
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LOT 28:

Kohelet Moshe, on the Torah and the Passover Haggadah, by the Rebbe of Kozhnitz - Lublin, 1904 –Book of Segulah

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Kohelet Moshe, on the Torah and the Passover Haggadah, by the Rebbe of Kozhnitz - Lublin, 1904 –Book of Segulah
Kohelet Moshe by the Rebbe Rabbi Moshe Elyakim Bri'o, Maggid Meisharim of Kozhnitz. With Likutei Torah of his father, Rabbi Yisrael the "Maggid of Kozhnitz". Lublin, 1904. First, rare edition. Has never been seen in auctions.
Two title pages.

The book contains novellae on the Parashiyot of the Torah and the holy days. On pages 235-239, Likutei Torah by the Maggid of Kozhnitz. On pages 239-240, customs "which if a man do, he shall live in them".

The book was considered since its printing as a "book of Segulah" (talisman) which leads to blessing and protection to anyone possessing it. This virtue of the book is mentioned by the many approbations at the beginning of the book - 36 approbations by the most prominent rebbes, including Rabbi Meir Yechiel of Ostrowiec, Rabbi Avraham of Lublin and Rabbi Avraham of Parysow.
268 pp.

Bound with:
Passover Haggadah with the Kohelet Moshe commentary. Lublin, 1904.
The commentary by the Rebbe, Rabbi Moshe Elyakom Bri'o, the Maggid of the Kozhnitz community. Contains also Song of Songs (with the aforementioned commentary). First edition.
Ya'ari 1664;1689; Otzar Ha'Haggadot 2304.
28 leaves.

Condition: Very Good. New, impressive leather binding.

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