“May the merit of the author stand for us and the entire Jewish people, so that we be saved from all plague and illness” (approbation from the rabbi of Iasi)
Sefer Da’at Kedoshim – Kabbalistic Chassidic sayings by the Admo”r Rabbi Yehudah Tzvi Eichenstein of Rozdil – among the leading rabbis of the house of Zhidichov. [Lvov, 1849]. Rare first edition. Signed notation on the title page handwritten by rabbis from the period of printing: “I received this sefer from R’ Moshe ben Freida as a memento…”
The book was brought to print by the author’s son-in-law, the Admo”r Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam of Shinova, who succeeded him as av beit din of Rozdil (before moving to Shinova to serve as av beit din there). The book is adorned with approbations from Chassidic leaders, beginning with the Divrei Chaim of Sanz, the author’s in-law, who gives an exceptional approbation (see below).
First edition of the Kabbalistic Chassidic sefer . Chassidic leaders considered the sefer to be very important. The Divrei Chaim of Sanz writes in his approbation: “… I was almost unable to understand his sacred words … but one who has been granted wisdom by Hashem understands that it is a great accomplishment.” He also interprets, in a precedential manner, Kabbalistic gematrias about the name of the book, Da’at Kedoshim : “Its numerical value is 13 times chessed , indicating mercy and wise secrets.” Likewise, in the book Tzvi LeTzaddik (no. 36), it says that the Admo”r Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac of Zhidichov would keep the book Da’at Kedoshim in his tallit and tefilin case!
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of Rabbi Yehudah Tzvi Eichenstein of Rozdil .
[2], 77 leaf. Mispaginated. 25 cm.
Fine condition. Minimal worming perforations, primarily in the first and last leaves. Usage and aging stains. Simple binding.