Sefer Shefa Tal. Kabbalah by Rabbi Shabtai Sheftil Horowitz.
Bilozirka, 1807. Contains many kabbalistic illustrations
Approbation of Rabbi Aryeh Yehuda Leib Segal, from Zabariz and from Wallitshk, that says: travelling to the Holy Land for life and peace.”
This is one of the few seforim printed in Bilzorka, a small town north of Medzhybizh. The printing press, operated by Shmuel and his son Moshe, was active for a very short period, during which only a few seforim were printed. See: A. Yaari, "The Hebrew Printing Press in Minkowitz, " *Kiryat Sefer*, Vol. 19, 1942-1943, p. 268.
[1]. 92 Leaves. 33.5 cm.
Stamp of the Gaon Rabbi Eliezer Silber (1882 – 1967) was a leading American rabbi in his generation. He was born in Lithuania & was one of the first disciples of Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski, Rabbi of Vilna; and he learned by Rabbi Dovid Karliner and Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik.
In 1907, he moved to the United States where he served as President of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada and was one of the foremost Orthodox rabbis of American Jewry.
He served as rabbi of Cincinnati for more than forty years and served as the head of the Agudas HaRabbonim. He was actively involved in saving European Jewry and raising the pride of Judaism and Torah in America.
Overall Good condition, green quality pages, some stains and marginal water stains, minimal worming at beginning and end of book, original leather binding damaged, lacking spine
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