Bidspirit auction | VeChishav Lo HaCohen, by the

VeChishav Lo HaCohen, by the holy Kabbalist Rabbi Avraham Katz of Lask. First Edition Furth 1784 -With the rare 2 extra pages. - Sefer Vichishev Lo Ha-Cohen, interpreting Kitrei Otiyos and revealing to us some Razin DeOrayta, by the Kadosh Rabbi Avraham Katz of Lask Hy”d [Poland]. First Edition. Furth, 1784. Isaac ben David [Tzirendorf] Press. Approbations by the rabbis of Jerusalem, Av Beis Din of Furth, Rabbi Yosef Te'omim Av Beis Din of Frankfurt an der Oder and Rabbi Yisroel Chaim Melamed Shadar from Hebron. In the middle there are another two additional leaves – apology, list of mistakes, and addition of the copier Rabbi Yozpa Marzbach of Feurda, which tells about the great piety of the author who used to lead a life of self-denial, and yet was great in his sharpness in Torah. Rare Kabbalah Sefer. (The two pages in the middle are extremely rare). The Holy Gaon Rabbi Avraham HaKohen of Lask, 'The Chassid from Amsterdam, ' Hy''d (d. 1799), was a great and holy genius, renowned across the world for his immense sanctity and extraordinary abilities. He would fast from one Sabbath to the next and study for many hours standing. It is told that when he was in Berlin, all the city's scholars and physicians came to examine the miracle of a man who could live without food from Sabbath to Sabbath (Ir Lask VeChachameha, p. 17). Many stories have been told by the great sages of the generations about his immense righteousness and sanctity, particularly regarding his ascetic practices. As he served as a shadar (emissary of the Holy City), he traveled both to Sephardic and Ashkenazic lands. His remarkable practice of fasting from Sabbath to Sabbath is mentioned in the writings of sages from all the lands he visited, including the scholars of Tunisia, Italy, and Ashkenaz. ”He is Avraham, in his righteousness from beginning to end, as I am fit to testify, having known him when he was in the holy community of Brody, where he stayed for more than a full year, engaging in his fasts from Sabbath to Sabbath, studying while standing, not allowing his eyes rest at night, and continuing in this saintly conduct everywhere he traveled...”* (Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch of Zamość, author of Tiferet Tzvi). Upon his return to Jerusalem, he was martyred by the Turkish authorities due to communal debts, may his blood be avenged. From his holy seforim VeChashav Lo HaKohen, Veshav HaKohen, Ayin Panim LaTorah. 12, [2], 32 Leaves. 18.8 cm.