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Messilat Yesharim by the Ramcha"l - Poritsk, 1816 - Rare Edition
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Messilat Yesharim by the Ramcha"l - Poritsk, 1816 - Rare Edition
Sefer Messilat Yesharim - topics in mussar and fear of Heaven by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzato - the Ramcha"l. Poritsk, R' Shlomo b"r Chanina Press, 1816. Rare edition.
When this book reached the Vilna Gaon, he stated that a new light had descended to the world, and due to his great appreciation for it, he purchased it for a rendil (= a gold dinar). Rabbi Y. Maltzan, in his introduction to Derech Hashem, states that he heard from gedolim in the name of the Gr"a, who said at the time that if the author were alive, he would have gone by foot to Italy to greet him. He also states that the Gr"a would review it often.
Rabbi Yechezkel Sarna, in his introduction to the sefer Messilat Yesharim - im Iyunim brings a tradition in the name of the Gr"a who said that until Chapter 11, there is not a single extraneous word in the sefer! Rabbi Yerucham of Mir would say to his disciples "Sefer Messilat Yesharim is built on all the Ramcha"l's sefarim written on Kabbalistic doctrine, but he drew the topics down and wrote about them using language closer to what we comprehend, such that when we study it, we imagine that we can relate to it" (Sefer Da'at Chochmah U'Mussar, Part I, p. 249)
Ben Menachem, Kitvei Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzato 136.
Ya'ari, HaDefus HaIvri B'Poritsk 28.
34 leaf, approximately 18 cm. Several handwritten revisions.
Fine-very fine condition. Stains. Light tears in the upper margins of several leaves, some with slight damage to the title. Creases in some leaves. New binding.
