Auction 54
Lot 185:
Kinot for Tisha B’Av with a kabbalistic commentary entitled “Kol Bochim”, by Rabbi Avraham Galanti. The title page has a signature of the kabbalist Rabbi Shimon Englander. [128] leaves. Erroneous pagination. Good condition, new binding.
Rabbi Shimon Englander (1874-1950), a Hassidic and Gaon Kabbalist who lived most of his life in anonymity. He was a descendent of Rabbi Naftali Katz, the Smichat Chachamim. He moved to Israel in 1933 from the city of Neumarkt (Nowy Targ) in Galicia. He settled in Haifa where he established the Ateret Zekein Institute to support the elderly. It is known mainly for his commentary on Sha’ar Shimon, on the Chassidic Kabbalah book, "Brit Kehunat Olam, " which he brought to print between the years 1948-1950 and mentions his name on the title page: "Rabbi Shimon Englander of Haifa, author of Pardes Shimon, " While the book was being printed, this righteous man died and was buried in the Haifa cemetery, and since then he has been known for his magnitude and heroism in Jewish mysticism.
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