Auction 117 Special sale for the upcoming high holidays
Sep 16, 2019
3 Shatner Center 1st Floor Givat Shaul Jerusalem, Israel

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LOT 26:

Set of [5] Chassidic Chumashim with the Ohr HaChaim and Maor VaShemesh Commentaries. Early, Unknown Edition

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Set of [5] Chassidic Chumashim with the Ohr HaChaim and Maor VaShemesh Commentaries. Early, Unknown Edition

Chamishah Chumshei Torah with three translations, commentaries by Rash"i, Siftei Chachamim and Ba'al HaTurim. And the Ohr HaChaim and Maor VaShemesh commentaries. The 'Rishon L'Tziyon' commentary by the author of Ohr HaChaim is added to the scrolls at the end of the chumashim. Balaban Press, Lemberg, 1864.

Early Chassidic chumash. Second edition of the important Chassidic commentary 'Maor VaShemesh' by the Admo"r Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Epstein, one of the greatest disciples of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk. With an approbation by Rabbi Chaim of Sanz, author of the Divrei Chaim, in which he writes that Rabbi Aharon, son of the author of Maor VaShemesh, had asked for an approbation and the Admo"r writes that he knows for certain that this son inherited the rights to the book. The approbation was printed on a separate leaf at the beginning of the first section.

The 'Ohr HaChaim' commentary was also added to this Chumash. It is studied regularly by Chassidic communities. Before us is the first edition of the Chumash with both these commentaries together. 

Extremely rare chumashim which do not appear in the National Library's collection. The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book lists a similar chumash and it noted that only Chumash Devarim was seen by them (variations between the copies before us and the copy that appears in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book: there, the year 1865 appears on the title page, and the leaves are paginated, whereas in the copies before us, the year appears as 1864 and there is no pagination.) 

Five volumes. Separate black and red title page for each volume. According to what is written on the title page, prayers for the Sabbaths of the year also appear; however, none of the volumes contains a siddur. 

21 cm. Fine condition. Aging stains. Several leaves are detached. The title page of Chumash Devarim is missing. Identical bindings.