The classic work on ethics and morals with Yiddish translation. Menorat Hamaor (“Candlestick of Light”), one of the most popular works of religious edification among the Jews in the Middle Ages. Written “for the ignorant and the learned, the foolish and the wise, the young and the old, for men and for women,” the work has enjoyed over 70 editions and printings (1st ed. Constantinople, 1514) and has been translated into Spanish, Ladino, Yiddish, and German. The book became a handbook for preachers and served for public reading in synagogues when no preacher was available.

R. Moses Shapira, son of the zaddik R. Phinehas b. Abraham of Korets, founded the Slavuta printing press, in 1791. Later his two sons, Samuel Abraham and Phinehas, took over the administration of the press. Three editions of the Babylonian Talmud, an edition of the Bible (with commentaries), the Zohar, and many other religious works, especially chasidic literature, were all produced handsomely and with great care by the press. In 1836 the press was closed down when the owners were arrested for the alleged murder of a worker who had supposedly denounced them for printing books without permission from the censor. Slavuta imprints are rare as they were consistently and continuously used by Chasidim, causing extreme wear and the destruction of many copies.

הסכמות ר' חיים הכהן רפאפורט, אוסטרהא, י שבט תקצ"א; ר' אפרים, דיין ומו"צ דק"ק סדילקאב, ד אדר תקצ"א; ר' יהודה ליב ב"ר מתתי' ור' אלעזר ב"ר נפתלי, דייני אוסטרהא.