Bidspirit auction | Zot Zikaron by the Chozeh

Zot Zikaron by the Chozeh of Lublin – Lviv, 1851 – First Edition. - Sefer Zot Zikaron, Torah novellae and secrets, by the Holy Rebbe Yaakov Yitzchak Horowitz – the Chozeh of Lublin. Lemberg  1851. First Edition. Joseph Schnayder Press. This is the first printing of the renowned Chassidic work Zot Zikaron, authored by the Chozeh of Lublin, the spiritual father of Polish Chassidut and known as the “Rebbe of Rebbes.” The Chozeh penned his teachings himself, beginning his writings with the kabbalistic intention: ”For the sake of unifying the Holy One, blessed be He, and His Divine Presence, with awe and love, to unite the name Yud-Heh with Vav-Heh in perfect unity, in the name of all Israel and to raise the Shekhinah from the dust, I hereby prepare myself to innovate Torah insights in the presence of attentive companions…” The legendary Chidushei HaRim of Ger, one of his foremost disciples, once remarked: “I do not study Chassidic seforim, because most authors wrote for their own generations. But the writings of the Chozeh were composed for all generations and hold the same power as the words of the Sages.” Interesting stamps from the Ziditshov Beit Midrash in Safed, Chassidim who bask in the presence of the righteous rabbi of Dalina, shlit”a. Stamp of Rabbi Yissachar Berish Lusman of Sanok and Safed – a relative of the holy Rebbi of Dalina, who served as a leader of the Zhidachov Beit Midrash and as administrator of the Kolel Lemberg.  [1], 34, 37, 39-40, 42-56; 10 Leaves. 22.5 cm. Stefansky Chassidut, no. 194.