Bidspirit auction | WORMSER, YITZCHAK ARYEH ZEKEL LEIB

WORMSER, YITZCHAK ARYEH ZEKEL LEIB (BAAL SHEM OF MICHELSTADT). - Engraving of the Baal Shem, the Great Rabbi Sekel Lev from Michelstadt. Half-length portrait facing front. With captions below in Hebrew and French.. Lithography by Simon fils of Strasbourg. Stained, repair along left margin. 7 x 6 inches image size (11 x 9 leaf size). Germany, early 19th-century Yitzchak Aryeh Zekel Leib Wormser (1768-1847) was celebrated as the Baal Shem of Michelstadt due to his reputation as a master of occult powers and who rigorously followed an ascetic, Chassidic way of life.