Panim Yafot. Ostroh. Four Volumes from the First Edition

Panim Yafot. Ostroh. Four Volumes from the First Edition

Chamishah Chumshei Torah with Rash"i's commentary and more. With the Panim Yafot commentary by Rabbi Pinchas HaLevi Horowitz, author of Hafla'ah, and with Shem Ephraim by Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Margaliot. Ostroh, 1825-1826. First edition. Four parts.

First edition of the well-known work Panim Yafot by Rabbi Pinchas Horowitz, author of Hafla'ah, a disciple of the Maggid of Mezeritch.

The sefer was printed about twenty years posthumously. It was edited by the author's mechutan, the renowned gaon Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Margaliot of Brod. Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Margaliot wrote a lengthy detailed and interesting foreword at the beginning of the sefer, and he noted that it had not been properly arranged. Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Margaliot added his own commentary on Rash"i's, which he entitled Shem Ephraim. His commentary is printed at the end of each volume.

Some copies do not include the Shem Ephraim commentary.

Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of the sacred gaon Rabbi Pinchas HaLevi Ish Horowitz.

Stefansky, Chassidut 220.

Sefer Bereishit in this copy: [3] 106, 83-122 [3] leaf (special haftarahs) 7 leaf (the 'Shem Ephraim' commentary). Mispaginated. Lacking the first title page, but the detailed title page is present.

Sefer Vayikra: [1], 26, 26-59, 58-139 [1 marked 132]. 6, [7] leaf. Lacking the first title page, but the detailed title page is present.

Bamidbar: [2], 146; [6 leaf of Shem Ephraim Vayikra-Devarim]. 4 [1] leaf (Meggilat Ruth). With both title pages at the beginning.

Part V: Devarim: [2], 153, 18 [1 marked 20 + 1 unmarked] leaves of Shem Ephraim for Devarim are found at the end of Bamidbar. With both title pages at the beginning.

The seferim are bound in magnificent new leather bindings. Overall fine condition. Detailed report of the condition available upon request.