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Lot #    23847
Auction End Date    6/9/2009 1:06:30 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Der Baalschem von Michelstadt
Author    Judaeus
City    Frankfort am Main
Publisher    Israelit
Publication Date    1922
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    192 pp., 181:114 mm., light age staining, nice margins. A very good copy bound in contemporary boards, rubbed.
          
Detailed
Description		    Ba`al Shem of Michelstadt (R. Isaac Loeb Wormser; 1768–1847), talmudist and kabbalist, born in Michelstadt in Hessen. He received his talmudic education in Frankfort on the Main, in the yeshivah of R. Nathan Adler and followed in his footsteps, accepting a rigorously ascetic "hasidic" way of life and turning to kabbalistic studies. After his first marriage he returned, about 1790, to Michelstadt where he maintained a yeshivah for many years and served, at first unofficially, until 1822 as a recognized district rabbi. About 1810 after the death of his wife, he lived for some time in Mannheim. For years, his "hasidic" behavior and extreme vegetarianism created considerable tension between him and the majority of his small community, but his reputation as a master of occult powers spread rapidly and R. Wormser became known throughout Germany as the "Ba'al Shem of Michelstadt." He denied any such supernatural power but agreed to receive people who sought his advice and guidance, giving them natural remedies, specifics and sometimes amulets. He became particularly known for his treatment of lunatics. Among the Jews of southern Germany many traditions survived regarding his miraculous cures and other feats. In 1825 his house and large library were destroyed by fire. Of his talmudic writings, preserved by his descendants, almost nothing was published. A catalogue of his second library is preserved in Ms. Heidenheim 206, in the Central Library in Zurich.
          
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Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Germany:    Checked
  
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Characteristic
Language:    German
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica