Be’er Mayim Chayim by Rabbi Chaim of Chernowitz is one of the earliest and most important Chassidic works of all time. Chernowitz, 1849. Two parts in one volume. This copy belonged to the famous tzaddik, the Admo”r Rabbi Yehudah’leh Horowitz of Dzikov.
Before us is the first edition of Be’er Mayim Chayim as a book on its own (in 1820, the Be’er Mayim Chayim commentary was printed in Sudiklev as an additional commentary among the other inside the chumash), but from this edition onward, it was printed as a book on its own.
There are many notations of the name of the book Be’er Mayim Chayim on the flyleaf, and of the word Horowitz (?) in foreign letters, all in the script of R’ Yehudah’leh of Dzikov. In his intense devotion and study, he would experience severe headaches, and to get some relief, he would write and scribble words and repeat them many times.
Refer to the Hebrew text for brief biographies of Rabbi Chaim Tirer of Chernowitz and of the Admo”r Rabbi Yehudah Horowitz .
[1], 203: 2-120: [1], 28: [1], 47: [1], 40 leaves, lacking the title page of Shemot and the following leaf.
Moderate condition. Aging stains. Minimal worming perforations. Taped reinforcements for the title page and the first and last pages. Tear with lose of text on 1 leaf. Simple binding.