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318 Five Rare Books of Kabbalah. Signatures of Admor Rabbi Zhvi Hirsch of Tlust together with seals of his son the Rebbe Rabbi Yosef of Kosson - Kabblastic Marginilia .
Five small books of Kabbalah, rare editions, with handwritten Kabbalistic comments. Stamps of the Rebbe Rabbi Yosef of Kosson author of ‘Bnei Shlishim' and signatures of members of his family.
* Sefer HaBahir by Rabbi Nachunia ben HaKaneh. [Lemberg, circa 1830]. 15 leaves, 19 cm.
* Shulchan Arba, by Rabbeinu Bachya. [Russia-Poland, circa 1820].  e year on the title page: Geulat Yisrael. 22 leaves, 19 cm. Ginzei Yisrael 963, which is an incomplete copy.
* Mesilot Chochma by Rabbi Meir Papresh, with the book Totzaot Chaim. [Lemberg, circa 1815]. 20 leaves, 19 cm.  e last leaf is blemished. Handwritten Kabbalistic glosses.
* Likutei HaShad by the Ari. [Zolkiew or Lemberg, circa 1815]. On the title page: Year: Uma Matok Midvash and on the col- ophon 1824, both are incorrect. 47 leaves, 19 cm. Handwritten Kabbalistic glosses.
* Shivchei HaAri. Lvov, 1850, 16 leaves. All the books are bound together.
On the title page of the book Shulchan Arba is the stamp of the Rebbe Rabbi Yehosef Rothenberg from the time he was Rabbi of Nyírmada [and his cut-o  stamp on page 13].  e Rebbe Rabbi Yehosef HaLevi Rothenberg, the head of the Kossoni dynasty, son of Rabbi Zvi Hirsch of Tłuste, son of Rabbi Yehosef of Kossova - son-in-law of the Rebbe Rabbi Zvi Hirsch of Zidichov. One of the great righteous men of his generation, lived a life of purity and sanctity and often fasted and a icted himself. He traveled to many of the great Chassidic leaders of his genera- tion, and his teacher, Rabbi Chaim of Sanz said about him that he has the brain of his grandfather the Ateret Zvi of Zidichov. Born in 1853, from 1875 he succeeded his father-in-law the Rebbe Rabbi Meshulam Feish HaLevi of Tahash, from where he moved to Nyírmada, Debrecin, and in 1897 to Kosson, by which name he is known. He died in 1912. Author of the books Bnei Shlishim on the Torah and the festivals, Bnei Shlishim Drashot, VaYitzhar Yosef, Vayelaket Yosef, VaYadaber Yosef and more.
 is book was passed down in the Rothenberg family for sev- eral generations: Signatures of Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Rothenberg of Tłuste, father of Rabbi Yehosef and grandson of the Ateret Zvi of Zidichov, and the  rst to be called after him. And the signature of the grandson of the Rebbe Rabbi Yehosef, Rabbi Efraim Asher HaLevi Rothenberg of Kosson who moved to Los Angeles.
Condition: Good condition.
O/b $3,500 Est. $5,000-$6,000
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