“… most befitting to be printed. Anyone who supports this will be performing a great mitzvah, and the merit of the author, the gaon, the Kabbalist, the tzaddik, will stand for us so that we will be privileged to ascend to Tziyon in joy …” (from the original approbation here by Rabbi Mordechai of Oshmina)
Spectacular Chassidic discovery, and a one-time segulah to merit a blessing from the leading wonder-worker!
Four handwritten volumes of the book Harei Besamim – halachic and aggadic novellae on Talmudic tractates, Tehillim and Na”ch – transcription from the manuscript by Rabbi Shachne Tzvi – the sacred Maggid of Nemirov, contemporary of the Ba’al Shem Tov and disciple/peer of the ‘Me’or Eynayim’ (mentioned in this book).
Part of the book was printed in Berdichev in 1897, but a major part of the work has never been published. This complete work had been prepared for print c. 1900, including the parts that have never been printed! The fortunate purchaser will receive the lofty right to publish the sacred author’s Torah novellae that have been hidden and concealed in manuscript until now.
Following is a detailed list of the contents of the four volumes of this manuscript:
Volume I: Novellae on Tehillim and on Na”ch that have never been printed. This volume contains two copies of the work on Tehillim done by two different transcribers.
Thirteen galley proofs from the preparation for printing. But as stated, it has never been printed. 106 pp; [6], 60; 15 leaf. 23 cm.
Volume II: Halachic and aggadic novellae on Tractate Berachot and the tractates from Sidrei Moed and Nashim. All the novellae in this volume, which cover many pages, have never been printed.
Correspondence on responsa between the author and Rabbi Nathan, av beit din of Bershad, appears at the end of this volume with respect to whether marriage applies to a (halachic) minor. The responsa and the halachic novellae in this volume have all been printed in Harei Besamim , Part II, printed in 1949.
33 leaf; 80 pages. 23 cm.
* Volume III: Halachic and aggadic novellae on the three Bavas and on Tractates Sanhedrin, Makkot, Chulin, Bechorot, Erchin and Niddah, and topics in Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah. This volume also contains aggadic novellae that have never been printed.
85, [1], 25-30; 49-60 leaf. 23 cm.
* Volume IV: Halachic and aggadic novellae on Tractates: Zevachim, Menachot, Chulin. This volume too contains aggadic novellae that have never been printed.
48, [1] leaf. 23 cm.
The four volumes of manuscript are adorned by three approbations from renowned rabbinic leaders of the generation in Lithuania, written in 1909:
* Lengthy and beautiful approbation handwritten, signed and stamped by the Lithuanian Kabbalist and wonder-worker, the gaon Rabbi Mordechai Weitzel, av beit din of Oshmina. Slonim, 28 Menachem Av 1909.
* Approbation handwritten and stamped by Rabbi Elyahu Baruch Kamai, av beit din and rosh yeshivah of Mir. Mir, the eve of Rosh Chodesh Elul, 1909. In his approbation, he blesses: “May merit of the Torah and the righteousness of the gaon, the author, ztz”l, stand for anyone who receives this precious work.”
* Approbation handwritten, signed and stamped by Rabbi Yoel Shurin, “The ilui [prodigy] of Poltava, ” rosh yeshivah of Ohr Torah in Zvhil.
Brailov, 11 Menachem Av 1909.
This is a unique opportunity to merit a blessing/promise for the final time from one of the leading Lithuanian wonder-workers, the gaon Kabbalist Rabbi Mordechai of Oshmina, who was renowned in his generation for the complete fulfillment of his blessings. In his approbation, he blesses the person who receives the privilege of publishing this manuscript: “… and the novellae are wonderful, in-depth and with straight reasoning, and are true to Torah, most befitting to be printed. Anyone who supports this will be performing a great mitzvah, and the merit of the author, the gaon, the Kabbalist, the tzaddik, will stand for us …”
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of the gaon Rabbi Shachna Tzvi of Nemirov .
In the introduction to the book printed in 1897, the publisher, the author’s grandson, relates that he brought his grandfather’s writings to the Admo”r Rabbi Yitzchak of Skver, and the writings very much found favor in his eyes. He kept them where he prayed for about a year, and when the Admo”r returned the writings to him, he said “These are very sacred matters, fitting to be [published].” The book was printed with the enthusiastic approbations of dozens of leading Admo”rim, led by the Admo”rim of Rachmastrivka and Ruzhin. In 1909, the publisher wanted to print the rest of these writings, and this is when he received the aforementioned Lithuanian approbations. But as stated above, this did not come to fruition for some reason.
In his writings, the author incidentally notes the names of his teachers and associates, which include Chassidic leaders: “My teacher and rabbi Ya’akov precisely noted, ” as well as, “My teacher and rabbi resolved” (Vol. II, 15a); “And the Torani Rabbi Avraham of Pohrebyshche wrote to me what the Metzudot raised” (ibid, 20b); “The Torani Rabbi Betzalel of Olt-Kosntin showed me” (ibid, 23b); “I heard in the name of the renowned R’ Moshe of Pshevorsk” (2b); “I heard in the name of Rabbi Simchah Katz Rapaport” (ibid, p. 1 of the second pagination).
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of the wondrous tzaddik Rabbi Mordechai Weitzel Rosenblatt – R’ Mordche’leh of Oshmina .
Refer also to:
Haskamot Meorei HaChassidut B’Rosh Sefer Harei Besamim (Berdichov, 1897) that speaks about the author’s greatness.