Bidspirit auction | Or HaGanuz (Anipoli). Segulah Sefer,

Or HaGanuz (Anipoli). Segulah Sefer, First Edition, Lemberg 1866 – Approbations of the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch & other great Chassidic leaders. - Sefer Or HaGanuz – A collection of novel insights on the Torah in the style of allusion and mystical interpretation (remez and sod), combining Chassidic and Kabbalistic teachings. Accompanied by a second part: Sefer VeZot LiYehudah, containing insights on the Mishnayot “by way of allusion and secret, supernal mysteries.” By the Holy Rebbi Yehudah Leib HaKohen of Anipoli. First edition. Lemberg, 1866. The second part has its own title page. Or HaGanuz was printed with enthusiastic approbations from the greatest Chassidic leaders of the generation. It includes the only known approbation from Rebbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch, the Tzemach Tzedek, as well as endorsements from: Rebbi Mordechai of Chernobyl. His sons: Rebbi Aharon of Chernobyl, Rebbi Avraham of Trisk, and Rebbi David of Tolna. His nephew: Rebbi Yitzchak Yaakov of Makarov, Rebbi Chaim of Sanz, Rebbi Yitzchak Meir of Ger, author of Chiddushei HaRim. In Rebbi Mordechai of Chernobyl’s approbation, he writes about the segulah and protective power of owning this sefer: ”Let every person acquire this holy sefer for himself, as a merit and powerful protection for him and his offspring for generations.” His sons echo this sentiment in their endorsements, writing: “The words of our holy father, may his memory be a blessing, are trustworthy to us – that these sacred seforim will serve as protection for all who acquire them…” “…The words of our holy father, our master and teacher of saintly memory, are inscribed and trustworthy – that these sacred seforim serve as protection for one who acquires them, and for his children for generations.” The publisher, a grandson of the author, also writes in his introduction:“The righteous ones of the generation wrote that this composition is a source of blessing and protection in the home…” The Author: Rebbi Yehudah Leib HaKohen of Anipoli (d. 1807) was a close disciple of the Maggid of Mezeritch. According to one source, he had previously studied under the Vilna Gaon. It is said that he was one of the four disciples present at the Maggid’s deathbed (alongside Rebbi Avraham HaMalach, the Baal HaTanya, and Rebbi Zusha of Anipoli). In the Maggid’s final moments, he said of Rebbi Yehudah Leib: “You too shall be with me in my chamber – for the lips of a Kohen preserve knowledge, and I am of the world of knowledge…” Rebbi Yehudah Leib was one of the two rabbis to whom Rebbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi turned for approbations on his work Tanya (the other being his colleague, Rebbi Zusha of Anipoli). Or HaGanuz: [1], 12; 84 Leaves VeZot LiYehudah: 33 Leaves 24.7 cm. Stefansky Chassidut, no. 21 On the title page is the signature of the renowned Chassid Rabbi Yisrael Yakar Bigelaisen, son of the Chassid Rabbi Yosef Chaim, dated Brooklyn, 1925.