Sepher Gevuroth Hashem. With commentary by R. Judah Loewe, the Mahara’l of Prague.

(HAGADAH).

Johann Anton Krieger

Nowy Dwor

1796

Signature of Chief Rabbi Shmuel Heller of Safed on title-page.

Yudlov 398.

R. Shmuel Heller (c. 1803-1883) was a leading Chassidic presence in Safed and central to communal affairs both in the Land of Israel and Europe. He authored a number of works, including Divrei Mishpat and Taharath HaKodesh. The endpapers contain other signatures, some with the writer’s mother’s name, likely so that the Rabbi would have them in mind for a blessing.