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Mikhtav le-Ḥizkiyahu, first publication by the author of the Sdei Ḥemed — Izmir 1866 (תרכ”ו) — first edition, Chassidic provenance linking it to the circle of the Makarover dynasty - Mikhtav le-Ḥizkiyahu, by the author of the Sdei Ḥemed — Izmir 1866 (תרכ”ו) — first edition. With ownership inscriptions mentioning the holy Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak of Makarov זיע״א. Sefer Mikhtav le-Ḥizkiyahu, novellae on the Mishnah — Tractate Berakhot and Seder Mo‘ed — by Rabbi Ḥizkiyahu (Ḥayyim) Medini, author of the Sdei Ḥemed. Part I only — no additional volumes were printed. Izmir, 1866, first edition. Exceptional Provenance On the flyleaves appear several ownership inscriptions, including a remarkable note that mentions the holy Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak of Makarov זיע״א: ”שייך להנגיד והקצין והאברך מוה''ר [..] בהרב המופלג והחסיד המפורסם מוהר''ר [יצחק] יהושע מנבייקי הסמוך למקארוב להרב המפורסם לשבח מוהר''ר יעקב יצחק ני' שליט''א בהרב המנוח מוהר''ר מנחם נחום ממקארוב”. Again on fol. 48a, in the margin: ”שייך להאברך מוהר”ר אברהם ... בן לאדוני אבי מוהר”ר יצחק [יהושע] מנבייקי הסמוך למאקרוב להרב מוהר”ר יעקב יצחק במוהר”ר [מנחם נחום]. And in the same hand on fol. 47a: “The purchase price of this book according to this receipt is 7 rubles, and the binding 25 kopeks. Belongs to the young man, our teacher R. Avraham D[…].” Two stamps with the initials א. ד. appear on fol. 44 verso and again, though intentionally smudged, on fol. 1a. Rabbi Yaakov Yitzḥak of Makarov: The Rebbe Rabbi Yaakov Yitzḥak of Makarov was the son of Rabbi Menachem Naḥum of Makarov, fourth son of the Maggid of Chernobyl, and grandson — through his mother — of the holy Seer of Lublin. It is related that the Seer testified before his birth that he would bear his name and resemble him in form and deed; indeed, they said his sacred visage was like that of the Seer of Lublin, after whom he was named. He married the daughter of Rabbi Shmuel Aba Shapira, one of the proprietors of the famed Slavita press. After his father’s passing in 1851, Rabbi Yaakov Yitzḥak began to lead his own court, and multitudes of Chernobyl ḥasidim flocked to him from across Volhynia.