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Handwritten Document about "Sefer HaZoref" and Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Margolioth - Document from the Archives of ...

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Handwritten Document about "Sefer HaZoref" and Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Margolioth - Document from the Archives of Joseph Perl
"Ma'ase Berabi Ephraim Zalman Margolioth veSefer HaZoref". A handwritten leaf from the archives of Joseph Perl. [Galicia, 19th century]. Hebrew.
The document concerns different parts of "Sefer HaZoref" which reached Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Margolioth (Rabbi of Brody) from various sources. Among other things, it tells that he received a manuscript of "Sefer HaZoref" which was copied from a manuscript that belonged to Rabbi Israel Ba'al Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidic Judaism, who said about it that "Universes can be erected with it". [1] leaf written on both sides, 24 cm. Fair condition. Several open tears, with damage to text. Tears at margins. Stains.
See:
1. Zeev Rabinovitz. "Al 'Sefer HaZoref' by Rabbi Yehushua Heschel Zoref", Zion, VI, 1941, pp. 80-84.
2. Gershom Scholem, "HaNavie HaShabtai R' Heschel Zoref - R' Adam Baal Shem". In: David Assaf and Esther Libas (Editors), "Hashalav Ha'acharon, Mechkarey HaChasidut shel Gershom Shalom", Jerusalem, 2009, pp. 41-63.

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