Auction 70
Lot 259:
Sefer Toldot Aharon, Kabbalistic and Chassidic Drushim on the Torah, by Rabbi Aharon of Zhytomyr, the disciple of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev. First edition – Berditchev, 1817. Originally, [2], 191 leaves. In this copy, leaves 1-179 only. In the National Library, the book appears in the Rare Book Collection. Stefansky Chassidut 604.
Moth perforations and damage. Detached binding with a fracture in the front board. The first and last leaves are detached. An open tear to the edge of the first leaf. Fair overall condition, some of it in poor condition.
On the first leaf, two different handwritten signatures with the name "Shmuel Heller" indicating this copy was owned by the Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Heller (1803-1884), the Rabbi of Safed and a leader of the Ashkenazic community there for more than 40 years. He was the great-grandson of Rabbi Yom Tov Lipman Heller, author of the Tosfot Yom Tov, and his grandfather Rabbi Avraham Peretz was a follower of the Chozeh of Lublin, Safed, becoming close to the Admor Rabbi Avraham Dov of Avritch (the Bat Ayin), whom he succeeded as Rav after his passing. He was considered a proficient healer using the flora of the country. He succeeded in rehabilitating Safed after its destruction by an earthquake. His grandson was the Admor of Toldot Aharon Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak Kahan.
Blemished stamps: "יונה צלר בני ברק" – the famed Ruzhiner Chassid Yonah Tzeler who was close to the alter Rebbe of Skolen.
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