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First edition of this ethical work on strengthening faith, particularly in areas dealing with prohibited foods by R. Israel Meir Ha-Kohen (Hafez Hayyim). The title page that due to our many iniquities many in our times are not heedful in issues dealing with prohibited foods. It is dated with the verse, “and a word spoken in due season, how good it is” (Proverbs 15:23). There is an introduction and then the text in twenty chapters, concluding with an epilogue.
R. Israel Meir Ha-Kohen (Hafez Hayyim, 1838–1933) is one of the most saintly figures in modern Judaism. Of humble origin, he was taught until the age of ten by his parents and then went to Vilna where he continued his studies. His surname Poupko is hardly known to even those who revere him; he is always referred to as Hafez Hayyim after the Sefer Hafez Hayyim, his first book. Hafez Hayyim’s personality, piety, humility of conduct, integrity of thought and action, together with his books, exercised a tremendous influence on religious leaders, and fascinated the general Jewish public, to whom he became a much beloved leader and moral guide. Hundreds of sayings full of practical wisdom are attributed to him, and hundreds of stories both factual and legendary, all rich in morals, are reported about his life. |
