SAFRIN, YITZCHAK ISAAC YEHUDAH YECHIEL OF KOMARNO. Ma'aseh Oreg, Pnei Zaken, Atzei Eden [commentary on Mishnah, Ma'asroth 3:8]
AUCTION 43 |
Thursday, April 02nd,
2009 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 259
(CHASSIDISM)
SAFRIN, YITZCHAK ISAAC YEHUDAH YECHIEL OF KOMARNO. Ma'aseh Oreg, Pnei Zaken, Atzei Eden [commentary on Mishnah, Ma'asroth 3:8]
(Komarno, Galicia): n.d
Est: $6,000 - $7,000
The "Komarner" was one of the most prolific Chassidic authors, with works of halacha, homiletics, Talmudic and Mishnaic commentaries, Kabbalah and Chassiduth. Affectionately known as R. Eizikel Komarner (1806-1874) he was raised by his uncle, the Kabbalist R. Tzvi Hirsch Eichenstein of Zydachow. A multi-faceted personality, he also enjoyed a reputation as a miracle worker - indeed in 1944 Ben-Menachem published a diary of R. Isaac of Komarno, Megillath Setarim, replete with mystical revelations