Early Sefer Kabbalah
Sefer HaTemuna
Koritz, 1784. First Edition.
Segulah Sefer!
Early Kabbalah sefer discussing the hidden meaning in the aleph-beis letters, attributed to the great Tannaim, Rabbi Nechuniya ben HaKaneh and Rabbi Yishmael Kohen Gadol.
The sefer includes an anonymous commentary by one of the Rishonim as well as Kuntress Sod Hashem regarding the Shem Hameforash and the development of the worlds.
In the introduction to the second edition, the publisher, Rabbi Yitzchak of Galina, grandson of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk, writes:
"…The body of the sefer is a wondrous segulah and an outstanding protection to bring blessing into the house of Yisrael, for it is known that holy matters are a remedy for the soul and for the body. And the great value of the awesome and holy Names that fill this holy sefer — they shield and protect…" (Lemberg, 1892).
Koritz, 1784. First edition.
Page Count: [1], 76 leaves.
Condition: Holes on a few pages. Thick, high-quality paper. Elegant new binding.
Koritz: Birthplace of the Early Printed Kabbalistic and Chassidic Sefarim
The town of Koritz earned an everlasting name as the cradle of Kabbalistic and Chassidic printing. Within just a few short years, it produced many important Kabbalistic works in first editions, alongside foundational Chassidic sefarim — the very "cornerstones" of Chassidic sefarim — such as Toldos, Ben Porat Yosef, Tzofnas Paneach, Maggid Devarav LeYaakov by the Maggid of Mezritch, and others.
There is a close connection between these two genres — Kabbalah and Chassidus — as is evident from clear testimonies that some of the Kabbalistic works were printed by chassidim, such as:
– The sefer Klac"h Pischei Chochmah (1785), printed at the directive of the Maggid of Mezritch by his disciple Rabbi Shlomo of Lutsk;
– The sefer Pri Eitz Chaim (1784), printed with glosses from the sefer of Rabbi Shabtai of Rashkov, the scribe of the Baal Shem Tov;
– The letters of approbation from Chassidic tzaddikim for many Kabbalistic works;
– The multiple sefarim printed by Rabbi Shlomo of Lutsk (Sefer HaZohar, 1778; Sefer Yetzirah, 1779; and others).
Among the Kabbalistic works printed as a first edition in Koritz are:
Pri Etz Chaim by Rabbi Chaim Vital (1782/1785), Eitz Chaim by Rabbi Chaim Vital (1782), Kanfei Yonah Sefer HaKaneh (1784), Tzemach Tzaddik by Rabbi Yaakov Tzemach (1785), Likutei Shas of the Arizal (1785), Kla”ch Pischei Chochmah of the Ramchal (1785), the writings of the Rema of Pano (1786), the two sefarim appearing in this current catalog, and additional works.
