(“The Komarner.” 1806-74). Autograph Manuscript in Hebrfew. Ma'aseh Oreg, Pnei Zaken [commentary on Mishnah Terumoth, end of Ch. 2 and beginning of Ch. 3.

SAFRIN, YITZCHAK ISAAC YEHUDAH YECHIEL OF KOMARNO

(Komarno, Galicia)

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Written in a neat Aschkenazic cursive script in two columns with few words crossed out.

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 an innate holiness and the ability to act as a powerful personal segulah.