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May 31, 2023
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LOT 16:

Messilat Yesharim by the Ramcha"l - Shklov, 1795. Rare Early Edition

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Messilat Yesharim by the Ramcha"l - Shklov, 1795. Rare Early Edition


Sefer Messilat Yesharim - topics in mussar and fear of Heaven by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzato - the Ramcha"l. Sefer Derech Etz Chayim appears at the end of this sefer. Shklov, 1795. Especially 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 133.

Ya'ari,  HaDefus HaIvri B'Shklov 61.

52 leaf, approximately 16 cm. Oriental owner's signature.

Fine-very fine condition. Worming perforations. Aging stains. Borderline page cuts in most of the sefer; some of the leaves have slight blemishes at the edge of the text. New binding.


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