Beautiful Sefer Zohar. Shapira Press.
Slavita, 1824
Three magnificent volumes of Sefer HaZohar by the Tanna Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, edited precisely according to the Constantinople edition.
It is an extremely impressive set, printed on royal greenish paper with red ink on the title pages.
Printed by Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Shapira, son of Rabbi Moshe Shapira, Av Beis Din of Slavita.
The sefer includes the haskamah of the Ohev Yisrael, as presented below. It was written on the 9th of Tammuz 1824, a mere 9 months before his passing.
"Known throughout the land is the magnificent printing house of Slavita, overseen by the esteemed and renowned chassidic Rav, our master Rabbi Moshe Shapira, may his light shine forth, who serves as Av Beis Din of the holy community of Slavita. May Hashem grant success to his endeavors in producing sefarim of unparalleled beauty and grandeur.. How fitting and pleasant it is that he now wishes to print anew the sefarim of the Zohar. Therefore, I warn others, lest anyone impinge on his rights… and those who heed these words shall be blessed with goodness… the humble Avraham Yehoshua Heschel of Apta, here in holy Mezhbizh."
Slavita, 1824.
Three beautiful volumes, all complete and magnificent.
Page Count: Bereishis: [4], 252, 2-17; Shemos: [1], 17, 19-278; Vayikra-Bamidbar-Devarim: 115; [1], 117-309 leaves.
Size: 19.8 cm.
Condition: Good. Wax drippings on several leaves (on one leaf a small hole in text due to wax burning). Corner of one leaf repaired with adhesive. Minor restorations to first and last leaves. Half-leather bindings.
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"One should trust [the Sefer HaZohar] versions from the Slavita printing, as the editors and printers were famous tzaddikim and kedoshim as is known, sons of our holy Rebbe, our master Rabbi Pinchas of Koritz of blessed memory, disciple of our holy Rebbe the Baal Shem Tov." (The holy Rabbi Pinchas Chaim Twersky of Rozla, Shemen LaMinchas on the Torah p. 270).
"Every God-fearing person should strive to acquire sefarim from old printings, which were mostly printed by God-fearing individuals, particularly from the Slavita and Zhitomir printings of the grandsons of the holy Rav of Koritz, who were printers of supreme holiness." (Taharas HaKodesh by the author of Shomer Emunim, Ch. 6)
