LEVI YITZCHAK OF BERDICHEV. Kedushath Levi

AUCTION 42 | Thursday, December 18th, 2008 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 94

(CHASSIDISM)

LEVI YITZCHAK OF BERDICHEV. Kedushath Levi

With previous owner’s marks, including the Chassidic Rabbi Yehuda Leib son of R. Mordechai Dov of Hornosteipel, plus an older stamp of Yoseph Yaakov Kronn (?) of Poltava ff. 1, 78, 25 (of 27),15. Ex-library. Closely shaved affecting some headings, printer's error on f. 38 affecting a few words. 4to Vinograd, Hrubieszowa 15

Hrubieszowa: Menachem M. Finklestein 1818

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $1,300

R. Levi Yitzchak (1740-1810) was one of the most beloved personalities within Chassidism. In addition to his scholarly achievements, he is known from the many tales told about him as the “Melitz Yosher” of the Jewish nation; a defender par excellence - with boundless compassion even for the most blatant transgressors. The Munkatch 1939 edition of the Kedushath Levi states on the title page: “All the holy sages of past generations bore witness that the presence of a Kedushath Levi in a home is a certain “segulah” to protect and rescue it from “Dinim” [harsh judgments]. See Tz.M. Rabinowicz, The Encyclopedia of Hasidism (1996), pp. 285-6; S.H. Dresner, The World of a Hasidic Master: Levi Yitzhak of Berditchev (1986)