Auction 16
Lot 044:
By the Tzaddik Rabbi Yisrael Binyamin of Tzfat, with Sha’ar HaGoralot by Rabbi Shalmon Shabazi. “collected when he roamed the land of India and Yemen….” Ringing endorsements by the generation’s sages, the Admorim of Komarna, Nadvorna, and Sokolov. Also from Tzfat rabbis like Rabbi Avraham Tzalach, Rabbi Saliman Ankada, and others. Lately the book has become famous for the prophecy that appears in it, which states that “when there will be a solar eclipse in the beginning of Elul [exactly as there was this year], the kinds of the east will suffer great losses”—something that has been linked to the tension in North Korea. First, rare edition. Original binding is worn with covering of leather on the spine. Typical reinforcements to the binding using pages from old books and manuscripts. Pages disconnected. Lists of ownership. 81, [16] pages. 25cm. Generally ok condition.
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