Shefa Tal – Kabblistic work authored by Rabbi Shabtai Sheftel Horowitz. Belozërka, 1807.
Approbation by Rabbi Aryeh Yehuda Leib Segal of Zbryzh and Volitshtak ‘On his way to live in the Holy Land.”
Many Kabbalistic illustrations.
There are dozens of important glosses and revisions along the book’s leaves in antique script. Not examined.
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of Rabbi Aryeh Yehudah Leib .
This is one of the only books printed in Belozërka, a small town north of Mezhibuzh. Shmuel and his son Moshe Madpis had a small printshop there that functioned for only a short time, and only a few books were printed there. Refer to: A. Ya’ari, “HaDefus HaIvri B’Minkowitz , ” Kiryat Sefer 19, 1942-1943, p. 268.
[1] 92 leaf, 34 cm.
Moderate condition. Tears with small lacks in the title page. Adhesions. Worming perforations. Wear in the margins of several leaves. Many aging stains. Blue paper in some sheets. Many leaves are dogeared. Not bound.