Saraf Pri Etz Chaim. Rabbi Moshe Shoham of Dolyna. First Edition

Saraf Pri Etz Chaim. Rabbi Moshe Shoham of Dolyna. First Edition

Saraf Pri Etz Chaim - Kabbalistic elucidations on the book [Pri] Etz Chaim and more of the Ar"i's writings, by Rabbi  Moshe b"r Dan Shoham, rabbi of Dolyna. Chernowitz, 1866. First edition. Pedigree copy.

First edition of the book by one of the Chassidic leaders. Rabbi Moshe Shoham was born in 1830 to his father Rabbi Dan, who was a household member of the Ba'al Shem Tov's. It is told that he had no children and that the Ba'al Shem Tov blessed him with a sacred and righteous son. His son Rabbi Moshe followed the Ba'al Shem Tov and was among his younger disciples. In his books, he cites Torah thoughts that he heard from him.

There are many approbations from the leaders of Chassidut - the Admo"rim of Ruzhin, Rabbi Chaim Halberstam of Sanz, and approbations from Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heschel of Apta, from Rabbi Yechiel Michel of Zlotchov, from Rabbi Yosef Shaul Nathansohn, printed in the book Divrei Moshe by the author.

Pedigree copy: Owner's stamp of Rabbi Yechezkel Isaac b"r Shabtai Panet, a descendant of Rabbi Yechezkal Panet, one of the publishers of the book Mar'eh Yechezkel al HaTorah in its first edition, Dej, 1854. There are also stamps of his relative's, Rabbi Avraham Meir Nissel, a descendant of Rabbi Yechezkel Panet and Rabbi Menachem Mendel Panet. 

Copy with the errata leaves at the end, and the subscribers leaves at the beginning.

There are just a few copies with an additional page at the end with additional subscribers.

Important and rare book.

[5] 83, 83-149 leaves, 26 cm. Stefansky, Chassidut 594 (the one listed there is a copy like this one).

Fine condition. Aging stains. Dismantled binding.