Auction 77
Lot 166:
Sefer Hagilgulim by Rabbi Chaim Vital who heard from the Ari. Published by the Admor Rabbi Yechezkel Sheraga Halberstam, the Divrei Yechezkel of Shinova, the eldest son of the Admor the Divrei Chaim of Sanz. From the time he lived in Strpkov. Printed in Premishla [Przemyśl], 1875. [2], 99, [1] leaves. Some moth perforations, stains and minor blemishes. Goodo verall condition.
On the book, stamps of the Mekubal Rabbi Chaim Yehuda Leib Auerbach: "חיים יהודא ליב אויערבאך, בהרה"צ ר’ אברהם דוב שליט"א, ונכד להרבה"ק בעמ"ס תולדות יעקב יוסף ועוד, ולהרה"צ מחמעלניק זי"ע, בעה"ק ירושלים תובב"א".
Rabbi Chaim Yehuda Leib Auerbach (1887-1954) the father of the Gaon Posek Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, and a descendant of the Admor Rabbi Yaakov Yosef of Plonne who was a disciple of the Baal Shem Tov. He received his Semicha from Rabbi Chaim Berlin at the age of 18, and in 1906 he founded the Shaar HaShamayim Yeshiva of Mekubalim, even though he was less than 20 years old when it was established.
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