Auction 38
Lot 227:
“written by the kabbalistic, Chasidic rav Rabbi Nasim Harari”, printed by the Rin Levi. [2]. 31, [1], (it appears that some pages are missing here, there is disagreement among different bibliographic listings) 46, 382 leaves. With approbation of Rabbi Yaakov Shaul Alisher (the Heise Bracha). Worn binding is partially detached, worn leather spine, bookmarks, stains, lone pages detached, overall fair to good condition.
Title page has signatures and stamps of “Ephraim Shmuel Lerner.” Note: “I bought on Tuesday of Vayigash, 1903…”
Rabbi Ephraim Shmuel Lerner (1879-1962) was the son of Rabbi Mordechai, he served as rosh yeshiva of the Ashkenazi kabbalistic yeshiva Sha’ar HaShamayim in Jerusalem, was a founder of the Sha’arei Chesed neighborhood there, and founded the Gra synagogue there and served there as chazan for many years.
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