Five Books of the Torah, with Targum Onkelos and various commentaries, and with the Heichal HaBerachah and Otzar HaChaim commentaries, by Rebbe Yitzchak Eizik Yehuda Yechiel Safrin, rabbi of Zidichov and Komarno.
Lvov: Pessel Balaban, 1866-1874. First edition printed in the lifetime of the author, over the course of approximately ten years. Three of five volumes.
This Chumash contains two original works by the author: The Heichal HaBerachah commentary – commentary based on Kabbalistic and Chassidic teachings regarding Masorah, exact spelling of words and spacing between sections; and the Otzar HaChaim commentary on the 613 mitzvot as found in the Torah portions, Kabbalistic and Chassidic commentary explaining which mitzvah is alluded to in each letter of the Ten Commandments. Both compositions are based on the principles of the Arizal and Baal Shem Tov.
The Heichal HaBerachah chumashim by Rebbe Yitzchak Eizik of Komarno are classic works of Kabbalistic and Chassidic thought, favored by rebbes of all circles.
The author describes in a letter the segulah qualities of the book, promising "
…I am confident that anyone who has our Chumash in his home will be spared from any misfortune and harm, illness and want, and his home will be filled with G-d’s blessing and all good, success, wealth and longevity for him and his offspring… children, life and sustenance, benevolence and mercy, favorable judgement, for a long life".
…I am confident that anyone who has our Chumash in his home will be spared from any misfortune and harm, illness and want, and his home will be filled with G-d’s blessing and all good, success, wealth and longevity for him and his offspring… children, life and sustenance, benevolence and mercy, favorable judgement, for a long life".
Incomplete copies. Three Volumes.
Bereshit: 31-283, [7] leaves. Lacking first [2] leaves, leaves 1-30 and final [2] leaves (altogether 34 leaves). Overall good condition, later new binding, some tears and marginal worming mostly unaffecting text, some stains, leaf pages.
Shemot vol. (with Megillat Esther): 10-320, [38] leaves. Lacking first [2] leaves, leaves 1-9 and [8] final leaves (altogether 19 leaves). Overall great condition, later new binding, some stains, leaf pages.
Devarim vol. (with Kohelet and Eichah): [1], 211, [1], 26 leaves. Overall good condition, later new binding, some stains, tape repairs on a few pages in center one with missing text, lacking in text of final 3 pages.
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