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Bidding Information
Lot #    22540
Auction End Date    1/20/2009 10:17:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Hasidut - Ben Beiti
Title (Hebrew)    בן ביתי
Author    [Hasidim - First Ed.] R. Eliezer Safrin
City    Przemysl
Publisher    Zupnik, Kneller
Publication Date    1900
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    First edition. [3], 131 ff. quarto 230:180 mm., wide margins, usual age staining, stamps. A very good copy bound in contemporary boards, rubbed and split.
          
Detailed
Description		    Only edition of this kabbalisitc commentary on Bereshit by the admor R. Eliezer Zevi ben Isaac Eisik Judah Jehiel Safrin (1830-98). The title page informs that Ben Beiti is based on the teachings of R. Isaac Luria (ha-Ari) and R. Israel ba’al Shem Tov and his students. The author, R. Eliezer Zevi ben Isaac Eisik Judah Jehiel Safrin, was the only son of R. Isaac Eisik Judah Jehiel of Komarno. R. Eliezer Zevi, who was born in Zydaczov, was stricken with paralysis in childhood. He studeied under R. Judah Zevi of Belz, visited R. Shalom of Belz, R. Meir of Przremyshlan, and R. Horowitz of Dziikov. R. Eliezer Zevi married Hannah Sarah, the daughter of R. Joseph Shine. In 1874, R. Eliezer Zevi succeeded his father as rebbe. He stressed that his worshipers should dress cleanly and in fine garments, it not being respectable to pray before the King of Kings in torn raiment. Also, R. Eliezer Zevi stressed that the Zohar be studied prior to each service and Talmud and Mishnah after each service. A prolific author, his works, in addition to Ben Beiti, include Or Einayim, an Encyclopedia on Kabbalah (Przemysl, 1900); a commentary on Psalms (Ungvar, 1927); Damesek Eliezer (1902-1928), a seven volume commentary on the Zohar; Megillat Setarim (Jerusaelm, 1965); and Zekan Beito (Jerusalem, 1970) on Pirkei Avot. R. Eliezer Zevi had four sons, including R. Jacob Moses of Komarno, who succeeded him, as well as two daughters.
          
Paragraph 2    על ספר בראשית... עפ"י רזי... ר' יצחק לורי' זלה"ה, ועפ"י דרושי... ר' ישראל בעש"ט ותלמידיו... אשר השאיר אחריו ברכה... מוה' אליעזר (צבי)... בן הרב... מוה' יצחק יהודה יחיאל נ"ע מקאמארנא... בן יכבד אב (המביא לבית הדפוס)... הרב... מ' מנחם מאניש ספרין שליט"א מפרעמישלא...

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Reference
Description		    BE bet 1032; Rabinowicz, Encyc. of Hasidism, p. 424; CD-EPI 0155172
        
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Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Russia-Poland:    Checked
  
Subject
Hasidic:    Checked
  
Kabbalah:    Checked
  
Characteristic
First Editions:    Checked
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica