Auction 44

Rare segula book: Sha’ar HaYichudim with awesome and holy amulets used by gedolim of chassidus from the Ruzhin dynasty and more—Lemberg 1865.

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“The greatness of these awesome and holy names guard me and save me from all evil”—Sha’ar HaYichudim, kabbalah and commentary on Shabbat songs from Yehuda Leibush Rapaport, collected from writings of the Ari and Rabbi Haim Vittel and Rabbi Emamnuel Hai Riki, the large part of which are from manuscripts never printed, as well as amulets for preservation and remedies against fires, plagues, and all other evil, from books by the Ari, Rabbi Shimshon of Ostropol and other holy works.”


The book has a number of printings of amulets and names and kabbalistic sketches, and a large printing on a complete page of an amulet for plagues from the Ari with the shape of a bird and hand. Introduction from the publisher who writes that the Admor Rabbi Avraham Yaakov of Sadigura ordered him to print this book “and also said that he used the amulets for himself and his father (the Admor Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhin) and all his brothers used them.” He also writes that Rabbi Meir of Przmyslan said that the amulets “are true and just and have segulas for all illnesses and evil, God forbid.”

Bound with the book Me’arat Sdeh HaMachpelah by Rabbi Moshe Ben Tzur—Jerusalem 1910. [2] 44, 47-58 leaves. A number of pages are partially detached, very good condition.