Auction 70

Segulah: the Famed Letter by Rabbi Shimshon of Ostropoli - Galanta, ca. 1946

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Printed letter by the Gaon Kabbalist Rabbi Shimshon of Ostropoli. Its version was to be said once a year on Pesach eve and it was considered a Segulah for being saved from a strange death and other Marin Bishin. The content is a deep Kabbalistic Mamar on the exodus from Egypt and the Simanim of "דצ"ך אד"ש באח"ב", indicating the author’s greatness and knowledge of Kabbalah. 

Cosmos Press – Galanta, ca. 1946. [4] pp. In the Rare Collection of the National Library. On the last page: …לעילוי נשמת אבותי היקרים ז"ל שנשרפו על קה"ש ביום כ"ד סיון בשנת תש"ד לפ"ק באוישוויטץ" with a list of the publisher’s relatives who perished in Auschwitz. At its end, the publisher, Yosef Zvi Weiner, signed:"ה"ק יוסף צבי ויינער מק"ק נאווע זאמקי יצ"ו".

Some tiny perforations. Minor stains. Good overall condition.