Auction 63
Lot 238:
Has not been seen in auctions! Sefer Likutei Even, a book on Shulchan Aruch based on the Torah of the Admor Moharan of Breslov, by Rabbi Ephraim ben Rabbi Naftali a disciple of Moharan of Breslov – first edition, Jerusalem, 1882. Shoshana Halevi 401.
Befitting the modesty of the disciples of Moharan, Rabbeinu did not write his name on the title page of the book, only words from the heart: "עד כה עזרני ה’ ללקט אבנים קדושות מטוב רב, אבן די אתגזרת, לא בידיו, רק מרצונות וכיסופין דקדושה – אבן שלמה רצונו; מלוקט ומיוסד מהר הקודש, מההר הטוב והלבנון, מעצות ודיבורים קדושים של הצדיק האמת, ומעיין היוצא מבית ה’, מתורת אדמו"ר הקדוש והטהור, רבן של כל ישראל, רבי נחמן זצוק"ל בעל מחבר ספר ליקוטי מוהר"ן, ושאר ספריו הקדושים אשר האירו פני תבל; הוא השליט, הוא המשביר לכל ישראל ולכל העולמות, אשר בצלו נחיה בגויים, רוח אפינו, משיח ה’ ".
An extremely rare book. To the best of our knowledge, has never appeared in auctions. He who studied the history of the Breslov Chassidim in Eretz Yisrael, the persecutions they suffered, can understand why there are almost no copies of this book…
[1] 19 leaves.
Dry paper. Many moth perforations. A tear to the last leaf slightly affecting the text. Fair condition.
The author Rabbi Ephraim ben Rabbi Naftali Weinberg of Krimenstock (passed away in 1883) the son of Rabbi Naftali, one of the leading disciples of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov. When he was a child, Rabbi Ephraim merited seeing Rabbeinu Moharan, who examined him on the Gemore. When he grew older, he followed the leading disciple Rabbi Natan of Breslov and became one of his leading disciples. Rabbi Ephraim immigrated to the Holy Land, where he lived for twenty years. Nineteen times he traveled to Uman on Rosh Hashana, despite the difficulties of those days. On the last year of his life, when he was approx. ninety, he again made his way to Uman, saying that living in this world and not being in Uman on Rosh Hashana is much worse. After Rosh Hashana, he traveled to visit his daughter in Tsherin, where he passed away on the eve of Sukkot and where he was laid to rest.
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