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Foundational Midrash of Chazal: Tanna D’vei Eliyahu Segulah Sefer First Edition. Venice, 1598 * Midrash Aggadah on the pesukim of the Torah and Nevi’im revealed by Eliyahu Hanavi. This Midrash is an early fundamental work of Chazal. As explained in Talmud Bavli, these Aggados were revealed by Eliyahu Hanavi to Rav Anan (see at length in Shem HaGedolim of the Chida, entry Seder Eliyahu Rabba). It was printed here for the first time from a manuscript dating to the year 486 (as noted by the editor at the end of the sefer). This Midrash is comprised of two sections: Seder Eliyahu Rabba (31 chapters) and Seder Eliyahu Zuta (25 chapters). Venice, 1598 Page Count: 69 leaves. Size : 18.7 cm. Condition : Good; a few holes. Tears and restorations along the inner margins of the title page. Page headers trimmed on most leaves. An impressive antique vellum binding, bound with the sefer for centuries. On leaf 9b, there is a gloss signed in the handwriting of Rabbi Avraham Zusman Abrahams (1749–1879), author of Beis Avraham and Ya’as Avraham, and others. He was one of the sages of Poland, England, and Eretz Yisrael. Bibliography : Stefansky, Sifrei Yesod , no. 133 - - - - - - - -  ~ Segulah of the Holy Sefer Tanna D’vei Eliyahu ~ Jewish sages throughout the ages wrote remarkable things about the amazing segulah of the holy sefer Tanna D’vei Eliyahu. Rabbi Meir Kristanfuler of Brody writes: “Fortunate is one who studies it every day, for through it they will attain the abundant good reserved for those who fear Him; and wherever its spirit of holiness shines forth, great success will surely be found” (from his approbation to the Zolkva edition, 1796). Rabbi Zusha of Anipoli writes: “In the merit of studying this holy sefer, we will merit to hear the heralding of Eliyahu HaNavi speedily in our days” (ibid.). Rabbi Levi Yitzchak instructed his followers to study from this sefer every day, blessing them: “They will certainly find rest for their souls and will merit a spirit of wisdom and understanding, a spirit of holiness and purity, and merit great success in the world, and merit all their heart’s desires” (ibid.). When a plague struck Izmir, Rabbi Chaim Palagi established a special order of study as a segulah with this holy sefer, together with his son Rabbi Avraham (in the introduction to his sefer Luach Erez on Tanna D’vei Eliyahu, Izmir 1881). The Chofetz Chaim would regularly hold this sefer in his hand when speaking words of mussar (as testified by his student, the kabbalist Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Bloch).