VeChishav Lo HaCohen, by the holy Kabbalist Rabbi Avraham Katz of Lask. First Edition Furth 1784-with the rare 2 ...

VeChishav Lo HaCohen, by the holy Kabbalist Rabbi Avraham Katz of Lask. First Edition Furth 1784-with the rare 2 extra pages

Sefer Vichishev Lo Ha-Cohen, interpreting Kitrei Otiyos and revealing to us some Razin DeOrayta, by the Kadosh Rabbi Avraham Katz of Lask Hy"d [Poland]. Isaac ben David [Tzirendorf] Press, Furth, 1784. First edition.

12, [2]. 32 leaves, 20.5 cm.

Approbations by the rabbis of Jerusalem, Av Beis Din of Furth, Rabbi Yosef Te'omim Av Beis Din of Frankfurt an der Oder and Rabbi Yisroel Chaim Melamed Shadar from Hebron. 

In the middle  there are another two additional leaves – apology, list of mistakes, and addition of the copier Rabbi Yozpa Marzbach of Feurda, which tells about the great piety of the author who used to lead a life of self-denial, and yet was great in his sharpness in Torah.

Rare book of Kabbalah. (The two pages in the middle are extremely rare).

Very good condition, Tear to upper margins of last pages well away from text, original binding.

Rabbi Avraham ben Rabbi Yechiel Michl Katz of Lask, a great Torah Sage, immigrated to Eretz Yisroel and settled in Jerusalem where he was later jailed & killed in 1794 Hy"d.

Stamps of the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Baumgarten, Dayan & later Av Beit Din of the Schiff Shul of Vienna, was born in 1864 in Helishoya, and was a student of the Chatam Sofer. He was the son-in-law of Rabbi Shalom Dov Ber Stern of Szerdahely. Published articles in 'Tel Talpiot', died in 1933.

Antique signature: Yakov Halevi.