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Pure and Sacred! Derech Chaim by the Maharal - which was Studied by the Holy Maggid of Chernobyl and 'Had never Left His Table'

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Sefer Derech Chaim by the Maharal of Prague. Copy of the Holy Maggid of Chernobyl and his son the holy Maggid of Makarov. 


About the book and this edition:

Tractate Avot with Rashi’s commentary and the Meor haGolah elucidation by the Maharal of Prague. Printed in Warsaw by the rabbinic Avigdor ben Yoel in 1833. 

With an approbation by rabbi Aryeh Leib Tzintz and Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Av Beis Din of Warsaw. 

On the flyleaves, ownership notations: 

on the back flyleaf, a special, unique notation: ‘זה הספר דרך חיים שייך להרב המגיד דק" מאקארוב [מנחם] …נחום שנפלה לו ירושה מאביו הרב הקדוש […] מה"ו מרדכי זצוקללה"ה יצ"ו’ indicating the book had belonged tp the Maggid of Makarov and that he had inherited it from his father. 

On the front flyleaf: 

‘הדרך חיים שייך להרב המפורסים בוצינא קדישא מ"מ בעיר מאקארוב שנפלה לו בגורל מק’ טשערנאביל’

‘שיך לאדונינו מורינו ורבינו הרב המגיד שליט"א מפ"ק מ”

‘לאדונינו הרב המגיד שליט"א’ ‘שייך להרב המגיד דעיר מאקארב’ ‘מגיד משרים דק"ק מאקארוב ושארי ק"ק’ ‘שייך להרב המגיד משרים ד’ק מקארוב ושאר מקומות.

And a notation: שייך להרב המגיד משרים מנהיג עדת צאן …

Additional ownership notations from the period. Stains of use, mainly on the Mishnah of ‘רבי שמעון אומר שלושה שאכלו ואין ביניהם דברי תורה’, indicating the holy book was studied during a meal. 

Please refer to Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of the holy Maggid Rabbi Mordechai of Chernobyl and of his son, Rabbi Menachem Nachum of Makarov.

The importance of the Maharal’s book to the Tzaddikim of Chernobyl: 

This edition of Sefer Derech Chaim by the Maharal was published in Warsaw three years before the passing of the holy Maggid of Chernobyl. It is well-known that the deep, fundamental books by the Maharal of Prague did not move from the tables of leading Chassidic rabbis, first and foremost the Tzaddikim of Chernobyl. 

The holy Admor of Skvira said, when seeing this holy copy of Derech Chaim that had belonged to his holy grandfather, that the books by the Maharal of Prague had never left the tables of the Tzaddikim of Chernobyl. 

[2], 3-164 leaves. Wear. Water and aging stains. Many signs of use. Non-active moth perforations. Some leaves are with many stains of use as detailed above.  

מאושר ע"י המומחה הנודע הרה"ח המפ’ רבי שמערל שליט"א מארה"ב

 

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