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Auction 51 · Lot 334
(“The Komarner.” 1806-74). Autograph Manuscript. Ma'aseh Oreg, Pnei Zaken [commentary on Mishnah, Ma'aser Sheni end of Ch. 4 and beginning of ch. 5]
- Estimate
- $6,000–$8,000
- Hammer price
- $6,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
SAFRIN, YITZCHAK ISAAC YEHUDAH YECHIEL OF KOMARNO
Place
(Komarno, Galicia)
Publication
n.d
Description
Autograph Manuscript in Hebrew. Two pages. Written in a neat Aschkenazic cursive script in two columns with some lines and words crossed out (of interest, in comparison with the final published text)
summary
Affectionately known as R. Eizikel Komarner, he was raised by his uncle, the Kabbalist R. Tzvi Hirsch Eichenstein of Zidachov and grew to become one of the most prolific of Chassidic authors. A multi-faceted personality, he also enjoyed a reputation as a miracle worker, his diary, Megillath Setarim, published in 1944, is replete with mystical revelations. See C. Y. Berl, R. Yitzchak Isaac MiKomarno (Jerusalem, 1965).
Chassidim believe that autograph manuscripts of the Komarner have the ability to act as a powerful personal segulah