Samson of Ostropoli. Segulah Le’Erev Pesach.

Estimate: $700–$900
Hammer price: $700

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author

(HAGADAH)

printer

G.J. George for M. Landau

Place

London

Publication

1982

Description

ONE OF 20 NUMBERED COPIES PRINTED ON VELLUM. Illustrated. Uncut.

summary

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.

pp. 16. Original linen boards and matching slip-case. 8vo.

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