Shirah LaChaim HaOleh Tarya”g . Verses from HaAzinu as an acronym for all 613 commandments, by Rabbi Chaim [Perlmutter]. Warsaw, 1814. First edition. With a song for the defeat of Napoleon.
Specifications: [138] pages, 17 cm. Winograd, Sifrei HaGR”A 1616.
Background: The author writes that he heard from the GR”A of Vilna that in HaAzinu there are 613 words corresponding to the 613 commandments; every word corresponds to a mitzvah, and he worked according to this and found abbreviations for all the mitzvahs. The words of the poem were printed with the initials in vowelized block letters on the top of the page, and on the bottom, the two commentaries Yachin and Boaz, are printed in Rashi letters. With the approbation of Rabbi Aryeh Leib Tzintz and more. The author, Rabbi Chaim Perlmutter, was rabbi of Mariampol in Lithuania, for 40 years, and was rabbi of Shershevo, by whose name he was known – Rabbi Chaim of Shershevo. He passed away at a very advanced age.
Unique Features: A poem by the author is printed on the last page, in which he hints to the rescue from Napoleon. Due to Napoleon’s war with Russia, the Hebrew press in Warsaw was stopped in the middle of 1812, and the first book printed afterwards was the book before us. Rare book.
Condition: Moderate-fine. Aging stains. Slight tears in the white margins of the title page. Worn binding.