Shimon Bar Yaakov. Igereth Mesapereth Yechasuta DeTzadikei DiBe’ara DeYisrael [guide to the tombs of Sages and the Holy Places in the Land of Israel]

(ISRAEL, LAND OF)

Johannes Wust, circa

Frankfurt a/Main

1694-98

Single printed broadside.

Vinograd, Frankfurt a/Main 106 (based on a facsimile copy in the JNUL); St. Cat. Bodl. 3383;

Shimon Bar Yaakov served as an emissary from Safed to Central and Eastern Europe in the years 1694-98. Within this highly uncommon broadside, stated is the fact that it is being published for the benefit of potential benefactors across Italy, Germany and Poland. Funds were sought "Ner LeMaor," monies being available so that the Tombs of the Righteous would be well-lit, thus enabling scholars to enage in Torah-study and prayer in the merit of their European benefators. In addition to general information concerning the names of the Tzadikim buried throughout the Land of Israel, specific detail concerning local customs are set out. Such as the "Hilula" on Lag Ba-Omer at Meron, customs of Tisha Be’Av in Jerusalem and the location of the Tomb of the prophet Zechariah where women in particular offer heartfelt prayers. A highly scarce broadside, containing much detail of 17th-cenury attachment by Jews to the Land of Israel. See Yaari, Shluchei Eretz Yisrael, pp. 418-20.