Auction 65
Lot 63:
Sefer Vayakhel Moshe, "מי האיש החפץ חיים לחזות בנועם ה’ ולבקר בהיכלו …ילמוד ויעסוק בספר ויקהל משה…" Kabbalah and Mamarei HaZohar by Rabbi Moshe ben Menachem (Graph) of Prague. First ediiton, Dessau 1698. With approbations by Gedolei Hador. Kabbalistic illsutartions. 14, 58 leaves. No binding. Tears to the edges of the first four leaves and the last one, slightly affecting the text. Some moth perforations. Stains and stains of tape. Good overall condition.
Pedigreed copy – ownership signatures on the title page.
1. "יהונתן" – the purchasers can decide whether this is the signature of Rabbi Yonason Eibuschitz or someone else with this name.
2. "מנחם חיים לנדא מזאווירצע" – the handwritten signature of the Admor of Zovritza Rabbi Menachem Mendel Chaim Landau (1862-1935) the son and successor of the Admor Rabbi Yaakov of Yzov, the son of the Admor Rabbi Avraham of Tshechnov. Was raised by his grandfather.
Published the book Ahavat Chessed with his grandfather’s Divrei Torah and in his introduction, he writes about the time they studied together. Later, he published the book Vaya’as Avraham with his grandfather’s customs and Seder Tefillah. Was famed for his love and devotion to Erezt Yisrael.
3. "שייך לר’ ליב מיכלשטאט" – we could not find out to whom this refers.
4. יעקב יוסף בן אסתר" – his name appears again on the leaf following the title page.
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