Samson of Ostropoli. Segulah Le’Erev Pesach.

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

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

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Lot 139

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Samson of Ostropoli. Segulah Le’Erev Pesach.

<<ONE OF 20 NUMBERED COPIES PRINTED ON VELLUM.>> Illustrated. Uncut. pp. 16. Original linen boards and matching slip-case. 8vo.

London: G.J. George for M. Landau 1982

Est: $700 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $700

A kabbalistic letter written by the saintly Rabbi Samson of Ostropoli traditionally read in Chassidic circles on the eve of Passover. The author was killed in 1648 amidst the Chmielnitzki Uprising in which the Ukranian Cossacks massacred tens of thousands of Jews.