Sefer Segulah: Ohr HaChochmah Two Volumes
First and Rare Edition
Lashtzov, 1815 – Variant
Explanations on Chamisha Chumshei Torah from the holy Rabbi Uri Feivel of Krisnopli, prized talmid of the holy Rabbi Kehos of Verish and the Maggid of Mezritch, disciples of the Baal Shem Tov.
It is based on all 4 methods of Torah study – pshat, remez, drush and sod (simple explanations, allusions, deeper meanings and kabbalistic Torah) which are collectively known by the acronym ‘Pardes’.
The sefer opens with approbations from the leading Torah giants and tzaddikim of the generation: The Chozeh of Lublin, Rabbi Tzvi Aryeh of Alik, Rabbi Meir of Brod, the Yeshuos Yaakov, Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Margolios of Brod, and others.
This holy sefer is known to be a segulah for protection, particularly for women in childbirth. Rabbi Yeshaya Silberstein, Av Beis Din of Waitzen "would regularly send the sefer ‘Ohr HaChochmah’ to women in labor, to place under their pillow as a segulah for an easy delivery."
Lashtzov, 1815. First and extremely rare edition.
Before us is a complete set of both volumes:
Volume I: Bereishis – Shemos: [2], 76: 46 leaves.
Volume II: Vayikra-Devarim: [1], 60, 59-103 leaves.
Printed by Rabbi Moshe Tzikor, the author’s nephew.
The printing of this sefer began in the month of Adar 1814 and therefore the chiddushim on Vayikra-Devarim (Volume II) were printed first, as these were the portions read during those months. It was followed by the printing of the chiddushim on Bereishis and Shemos (Volume I).
Size: 20.6 cm.
Condition: Overall good-fair. Restorations to first and last pages. Wear to corners of pages. Some holes, signs of use and wax drops. Leaves 25-26 are bound twice. Matching attractive half-leather bindings.
Bibliography: Stefansky Sifrei Chassidus, no. 23.
Rare Variant: There are copies where both volumes’ title pages record the correct printing location and date: Lashtzov 1815. Some copies record the printing location as Koretz, with the date 1795 instead of 1815. See: Stefansky Chassidus ibid., no. 23.
The present first volume is an extremely rare third variant, where no printing location is recorded at all! This variant is not recorded at all in Stefansky Sifrei Chassidus. The second volume is like the first copy recorded in Stefansky Chassidus, with the correct details: Lashtzov 1815.
