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Extraordinarily Wide Margins – The First Sefer Published by the Ohr HaChaim HaKadosh – Chefetz Hashem – First Edition – Amsterdam, 1732 Chefetz Hashem, chiddushim on Masechtos Berachos, Shabbos, Horiyos, and Chullin, by Rav Chaim ben Attar, the Ohr HaChaim HaKadosh. Printed by Shlomo Proops, Amsterdam, 1732. First edition. In his moving introduction, the Ohr HaChaim HaKadosh explains why he chose the title Chefetz Hashem : ”...I therefore chose to call this sefer, with Hashem's help, Chefetz Hashem , for my entire intention is to fulfill His will. Furthermore, to declare that it is not from me, but from Hashem—it is the desire of the Almighty...” He continues with a heartfelt tefillah that the very name of the sefer should arouse Heavenly favor for himself and for Klal Yisroel: ”...May Hashem find favor in it, awakening His love for us, for our nation, for the Shechinah, and for Eretz Chefetz. May Hashem find favor in us and in our avodah, and may He fulfill my longing to bring all the sefarim with which Hashem has blessed me to print—on the Twenty-Four, on the Shulchan Aruch, and many more, all in His service...” His tefillah was fulfilled. During his lifetime he merited to publish his great works, including Pri Toar on Yoreh De'ah and his famous commentary Ohr HaChaim on the Torah. The first sefer published by the Ohr HaChaim HaKadosh during his lifetime, printed when he was just thirty-six years old!