Sha’ar Yissachar [homilies to the Bible]

Estimate: $1,500–$2,500
Hammer price: $6,000

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author

ISSACHAR BEREL BEN YEHUDAH OF LUNTSCHITZ.

Place

Lunschitz

Publication

1831

Description

Manuscript in Hebrew, written in a cursive Aschkenazic hand.

summary

UNPUBLISHED AUTOGRAPH manuscript of homilies in a Chassidic style on the Books of Bereishith and Shemoth as well as Mishlei (Proverbs), of an unknown author.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.

ff. 192. Lightly stained in places. Modern boards. Lg. folio.

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