“Will” from the sacred writings of the famous pious rabbi … the G-dly person Rabbi Aharon of Karlin, also a beautiful hymn written by the above-mentioned Rabbi Aharon, who would sing the hymn “Y-h Echsof” with Divine inspiration on Shabbat. [Johannesburg, 1855.] Includes the first edition of Hanhagot HaMaggid MiSteppen , who was a disciple of the Ba’al Shem Tov.
This is the second edition, the earliest ever offered at auction, of the renowned Chassidic Shabbat hymn “Y-h Echsof” which has the merit of being included in Shabbat hymns across the Diaspora, alongside hymns by the Ar”i HaKadosh, an unparalleled phenomenon! (However, five years earlier, in 1850, the first edition of the will with this hymn was printed in Chernowitz, but this [first] edition has never been offered at auction, and aside from the copy in the National Library, there is no other known surviving copy of the first edition.)
The kuntress includes conduct by his son, Rabbi Asher of Karlin, as well as that of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk, Rabbi Yosef Gikatilla and Rabbi David HaLevi of Steppen, son-in-law of the maggid of Zlotchov – as stated, this is the first edition in which the conduct of Rabbi David HaLevi of Steppen has been printed.
This compilation was printed twenty years (!) before these matters were printed in the fundamental book of Karlin Chassidut – Beit Aharon – hence its tremendous Chassidic-historic importance. (Refer to this kuntress and further in the article by R. A. A. Schorr in the B’Ohr Yashar anthology, issue 23).
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of the Admo”r Rabbi Aharon “HaGadol” of Karlin .
Rabbi Aharon HaGadol of Karlin was the composer of the well-known hymn Y-h Echsof. This is one of the canonical works that took its place among Shabbat hymns, and it is sung to this day in many Chassidic courts in several melodies. Chassidic tradition maintains that this hymn was composed by order of his teacher, the maggid of Mezeritch.
8 leaves, 19 cm.
Moderate-fine condition: Blemishes and slight tears in the margins. Reinforcements. Some of the leaves are detached. Not bound.