Shnei Luchos HaBris. Frankfurt am Oder, 1717. Special copy.

Shnei Luchos HaBris [Shla"h] ...

Shnei Luchos HaBris. Frankfurt am Oder, 1717. Special copy.

Shnei Luchos HaBris [Shla"h] "Sayings more precious than pearls, composed on both the Written and Oral Torahs given at Sinai, edited and arranged by the mighty and holy master among the Jews, the complete scholar in character and wisdom, both hidden and revealed ... Rabbeinu Yeshayah HeLevi Horowitz."

This is a magnificent early edition of Shnei Luchot HaBrit with an illustrated poem by the author and an especially lengthy approbation by the gaon, the kabbalist Rabbi Naftali Katz, author of Semichat Chachamim, given specifically for this edition. The book Hakdamas Vavei HaAmudim by the author's son, Rabbi Sheftel Horowitz, appears at the end with a separate title page.

With library stamps of R. Moshe Chalfin.

R' Moshe Chalfin-Lipchitz (died 1831), was a talmid of the Kozhnitzer Magid and the Chozeh of Lublin and was the father in law of R' Menachem Mendel of Kotzk and R' Yitzchok Meir Alter of Gur (Chidushei Ha’Rim).

Pages: [4], 422; 44 leaves

Size: 30 cm

Condition: Overall in Very fine condition, the 2 title pages and the 5th page are torn effecting text. No front cover.