Auction 41

Sefer HaGilgulim, published by the Admor Divrei Yehezkel of Sinoa. Przmyslan, 1875. Copy owned by the Rosh Yeshiva of Shaar Shamayim with handwritten notes

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“A drash on the souls and reincarnation and yibbum and some details…” from the Maharhav, which he heard from the Ari. Two sections. Based on the testimony on the title page, the second section hadn’t been printed before. Published by the Admor Rabbi Yehezkel Shraga Halberstam of Sinoa, when he resided in Stropkov. [2], 99, [1] leaves. Binding partially detached, stains, spine loose, overall good condition.


The title page has the signature: “Ephraim Shmuel Lerner.” Body of the work has many notes and marks handwritten.

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.