Sha’ar Yissachar [homilies to the Bible]

AUCTION 66 | Thursday, November 19th, 2015 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art

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Lot 37

ISSACHAR BEREL BEN YEHUDAH OF LUNTSCHITZ.

Sha’ar Yissachar [homilies to the Bible]

Manuscript in Hebrew, written in a cursive Aschkenazic hand. ff. 192. Lightly stained in places. Modern boards. Lg. folio.

Lunschitz: 1831

Est: $1,500 - $2,500

PRICE REALIZED $6,000

<<UNPUBLISHED AUTOGRAPH>> manuscript of homilies in a Chassidic style on the Books of Bereishith and Shemoth as well as Mishlei (Proverbs), of an unknown author. R. Yissachar Berel elaborates his life story in an extensive introduction. He bemoans the fact that he had not studied Torah in his youth and only began serious study at the age of 16. He lived in Luntschitz (Leczyca), Central Poland.