* Sha’ar HaTefillah , first edition, by the Admo”r Rabbi Chaim of Chernowitz – one of the leading Admo”rim of the generation, author of Sidduro shel Shabbat and Be’er Mayim Chayim . On the title page: “Mohilev [actually: Sudylkiv, 1825]. With a compilation about reciting ” Leshem Yichud .” This work on prayer was written by him in the Land of Israel “and has the sanctity of the Living Land.” The book was printed just a few years after his passing. Stefansky. Chassidut 583.
Copy 1: Present in this copy: Leaves 2-10: 1-52, 55-102, 21 cm. Includes leaves 3-10 (in the first pagination), a lengthy ‘responsum’ in which the author criticizes the words of Rabbi Yechezkel Landau, author of Noda BiYehudah , objecting to Chassidic prayer customs and their texts. (Lacking: title page, leaves 53-54, and three index leaves at the end of the book. The approbation leaf is blemished and partially lacking.)
* Copy 2: Present in this copy: Leaves 3-10: 1-13, 16-102, 113-114, 21 cm. Includes leaves 3-10 (in the first pagination), a lengthy ‘responsum’ in which the author criticizes the words of Rabbi Yechezkel Landau, author of Noda BiYehudah objecting to Chassidic prayer customs and their texts. (Lacking: the title page and the approbation leaf, leaves 14-15, and leaf 116.)
* Noam Elimelech by Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk, with Likkutei Shoshanah and an additional leaf – ‘Sodot’ by the sage Kabbalist Rabbi Yosef Gikatilla. Polonne, 1804. Rare fourth edition of the renowned Chassidic segulah book. Stefansky, 377.
Present in this copy: Leaves 5-96: 16, 20 cm. (Lacking: the first [2] leaves, leaves 1-4 of the first pagination.) Leaves [1-3] from the 1814 Polonne edition were added to complete the book.
Overall fine condition.