Passover Haggadah – Amsterdam, 1712 – With Map of Eretz Israel – Copy of Rebbe Chaim Elazar Shapiro Rabbi of ...

Passover Haggadah – Amsterdam, 1712 – With Map of Eretz Israel – Copy of Rebbe Chaim Elazar Shapiro Rabbi of Munkacs, Author of Minchat Elazar
Passover Haggadah, with the Abarbanel and other commentaries. Amsterdam: Solomon Proops, [1712].
The title page is preceded by a frontispiece depicting the figures of Moshe and Aharon, and the scene of Moshe with the burning bush. A folded plate with the map of Eretz Israel is bound at the end of the Haggadah. The illustrations and map are copper-engravings created by the convert Avraham ben Yaakov (from the Amsterdam 1695 Haggadah).
On the title page, on leaf 2 and in several other places, stamps of Rebbe "Chaim Elazar Shapiro Rabbi of Munkacs".
Rebbe Chaim Elazar Shapiro Rabbi of Munkacs (Mukachevo; 1872-1937) was a leading Torah scholar, halachic authority, rebbe and kabbalist in his generation. He was the son of R. Tzvi Hirsh Rabbi of Munkacs author of Darchei Teshuva, and grandson of R. Shlomo Shapiro Rabbi of Munkacs author of Shem Shlomo. A scion of the illustrious lineage of Rebbe Tzvi Elimelech of Dynów author of Bnei Yissaschar, and from his mother's side, of the illustrious lineage of Rebbe Naftali of Ropshitz (grandfather of his mother's father, Rebbe Chanina Horowitz Rabbi of Ulanów – see previous item). He battled to preserve the sanctity of the Jewish people, and his teachings in Halacha and Kabbalah were disseminated throughout the Jewish world. His books include: Responsa Minchat Elazar, Shaar Yissachar, Nimukei Orach Chaim, Divrei Torah – 9 parts, and more.
Darchei Chaim VeShalom (first published in Munkacs 1940) records the extraordinary practices of the Minchat Elazar while leading the Seder table, and describes his thunderous recital of the Haggadah, with interruptions to present passionate Torah thoughts. It documents how he would eat very little during the Seder meal, consumed by the fiery emotions that enveloped him on this great night. It also relates how he would cry bitterly in places, and would pour out his heart in yearning melodies during Hallel, singing with holy gestures in some passages (pp. 204-210).
[1], 31 leaves + [1] folded map. 28.5 cm. Fair condition. Numerous stains, dark food and wine stains (covering most of the leaf in some places). Marginal tears, close to illustrations in some instances and affecting text on one leaf (this leaf is repaired with paper and handwritten text replacement). Map complete and in good condition, with minute loss to margins, and tear professionally restored, without loss. New, fine leather binding.
Yaari 73; Otzar HaHaggadot 120 (for more information regarding this Haggadah, see article by Cecil Roth, HaHaggadah HaMetzuyeret ShebiDfus, Areshet, III, 1961, p. 24).