Meyuchas. Pedigreed. Sefer Tehillim with the Chazeh Tzion commentary by the Mishnas Chassidim. Leghorn, [1742]. Copy of Rav Nachum Dovber Friedman of Sadigura, with his signature.
The Chazeh Tzion commentary on Tehilim, Pardes, by great Kabbalist, Rav Immanuel Chai Ricchi, author of the Mishnas Chassidim and more.
Rav Immanuel Chai Ricchi (1688-1743) was a prominent kabbalist who settled in Eretz Yisrael and established a yeshivah and beis medrash in Yerushalayim. (The beis medrash of the Ohr Hachaim later used the same beis medrash). In 1740, he set out to Italy to firmly establish his yeshivah and to print his Chazeh Tzion, a monumental work on Tehillim. On his way back, during his trip from Modena to Bolognia, he was attacked by bandits who killed him because he refused to eat pig meat. Found amongst his possessions was documentation of a dream he had stating that he was rooted in the neshamah of Tana Rav Yehudah ben Bava who was a "harugei malchus, " murdered. A description of this episode and a copy of the dream was included at the end of this work, by his son Rav Avraham Shmuel.
The signature of Rav Nachum Dovber Friedman of Sadigura appears on the title page of this sefer, within the printer's mark. At the beginning of the book, he summarized its contents. Also bears his personal stamp and the stamp קנין כספי, that he would stamp on all sefarim that he purchased.
The title page is torn, but it has been filled in with paper, along with the missing piece of the decorations. Rav Nachum Dovber did not allow torn or incomplete title pages in his library, and paid artisans to repair and complete them when necessary.
Rav Nachum Dovber Friedman of Sadigura (1844-1883) was the son of Rav Shalom Yosef of Ruzhin, the son of Rav Yisrael of Ruzhin and son-in-law of Rav Avraham Yaakov of Sadigura. Rav Nachum Bernu was great in Torah and chassidus and stayed in the court of his father-in-law in Sadigura. He was an expert in sefarim and manuscripts and owned one of the most important libraries of his time.
Leghorn, [1742], first edition. 138, [2] leaves. 31.5 cm.
Fine condition, a few worming holes on the last leaves. Simple binding.