Bidspirit auction | Shirei HaNefesh by the Malbim.

Shirei HaNefesh by the Malbim. First Edition, Königsberg 1857 - Original colored wrapper. - Commentary on Shir HaShirim with the explanatory sections “Mashal” and “Melitzah, ” by the gaon Rabbi Meir Leibush Malbim. His commentary on Shir HaShirim was among the first of the Malbim’s works on Tanach to be printed, while he was still serving as rabbi of Kempen. It was published by him in Königsberg in 1857. The work was issued as an independent volume with the aim of forcefully responding to the commentary of Moses Mendelssohn and his circle on Shir HaShirim. At the top portion of each page appears the text of Shir HaShirim, vocalized and with cantillation marks, and beneath it the Malbim’s two commentaries, “Mashal” and “Melitzah.” At the beginning of the work is a lengthy introduction entitled Mavo HaMechaber, and at the end a pamphlet titled HeCharash VeHaMasger. Stamps of Rabbi Abraham HaLevi Lipschitz. Son of the renowned Rabbi Jacob Lipschitz of Kovno, he served as rabbi of Fall River, Massachusetts, for nearly forty years until his passing in 1943. Place and date of printing according to Moritz Steinschneider, Ha-Mazkir, V, 1862, p. 8. 43 leaves. 21 cm. Two title pages, plus an additional abridged title on the printed wrapper.