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“As long as he carries the amulet…he and all those around him shall be granted life”
Amulet for Protection by Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac of KomarnoLvov, 1856
“As long as he carries the amulet…he and all those around him shall be granted life”
Amulet for Protection by Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac of Komarno
Lvov, 1856
Two works by Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Yechiel Yehudah of Komarno, together with an amulet composed by the Rebbe for protection and salvation.
1.
Notzer Chessed – Pirkei Avos with a commentary based on Kabbalah and avodah, following the teachings of the holy Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov and the works of the tzaddikim of his generation.
Notzer Chessed – Pirkei Avos with a commentary based on Kabbalah and avodah, following the teachings of the holy Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov and the works of the tzaddikim of his generation.
2.
Adam Yashar – Segulos and prayers for times of plague by the holy Rabbi of Komarno. An exceptionally rare booklet.
Adam Yashar – Segulos and prayers for times of plague by the holy Rabbi of Komarno. An exceptionally rare booklet.
Following several epidemics that broke out during his lifetime, Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac of Komarno composed an amulet for protection from plague and printed it on a separate leaf at the end of his sefer Adam Yashar, with the assurance that whoever carried the amulet would merit salvation and need not fear the plague, but Hashem would grant life to him and his entire family.
It is highly unusual and exceptional for a Rebbe to compose an amulet for the public, and even more so to have it printed and distributed.
The final leaf features the image of a hand covering most of the page, together with sacred Names and various combinations of letters. At the bottom appears the instruction: “He should place a coin inside this amulet, and as long as he carries the amulet together with the coin, he need not fear the plague… rather, it will provide life to him and to all those around him.”
The amulet occupies the entire page and is printed on one side only. It is extremely rare, as it was removed from many copies in order to be carried as a protection.
Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Yehuda Yechiel Safrin of Komarno (1806-1874) was an exalted tzaddik and miracle worker, a celebrated genius and prolific author both in the Revealed and Hidden Torah, and one of the greatest Rebbes and Kabbalists of his time. He studied Kabbalah from his uncle Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch of Ziditchov, and from a remarkably early age he attained outstanding spiritual accomplishments. He personally attested that he possessed sparks from the souls of the Arizal and the Baal Shem Tov.
His son, Rabbi Eliezer Tzvi (who also published the present sefer), testified about him in his preface to sefer Zohar Chai: “Several times, I witnessed with my own eyes that when a person came to him to appeal on behalf of a sick person, he would say to me, ‘This one will live, and this one will die…’ almost as it was with Rabbi Chanina ben Dosa.”
Lvov, 1856. First edition.
Page Count: [1], 48, [3]: [9] leaves.
Page Size: 20.3 cm.
Condition: Good. The amulet leaf has creases and a few stains. Original binding.
Page Size: 20.3 cm.
Condition: Good. The amulet leaf has creases and a few stains. Original binding.
Bibliography: Stefansky Sifrei Chassidus, no. 393
