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Sefer Chezyonos: The Mystical Autobiography of Rav Chaim Vital (with Dr. Morris Faierstein)

SeforimChatter with Nachi Weinstein

A discussion on the mystical autobiography of Rav Chaim Vital.

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uh attend I'll also say that I do know Yuda Schwarz personally the owner of the auction house and uh really uh upstanding person and upstanding auction house so uh you can check it out a really very fine catalog about 250 items they have many sparin manuscripts there's also some Judea just to mention a couple of the items there's there's a good number of items starting in the1 to $200 range uh but there's also some fascinating items worth mentioning is which is the first edition BYOB emden that's his critique of Z and this is this copy was owned by the Aluna in was this copy was owned by the Aluna in was from Al actually from there which is pretty fascinating there's a beautiful copy I actually saw this in person of Zer shimin the famous Zar now it's known for the schoolman from Italy to new leather binding uh the original Edition so there's that on the auction as well there's a really fascinating item shud with the 60 of was the one of the he's one of the and many of the Chas so this is the Chas so this is mad B in one volume fascinating Discovery with hisg on the the Chas there's also a r Shapiro's rambam safer um a andanas with there is says here over 360 glosses I also saw this in person actually a very cool item as well you could see how much really learn this and this is his copy of of uh of rambam of one of there's some other things as well there's actually a

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  1. 0:33uh attend I'll also say that I do know Yuda Schwarz personally the owner of the
  2. 8:21was that I took had the uh Ashi Edition and we should talk a little bit
  3. 14:38book but his his bio you know where when he was born where he was from
  4. 20:19and manuscripts and writings that they had about loria's teaching give them to him so he
  5. 26:26thrown into these Barrel this barrel of hotar and uh the person who had this dream
  6. 32:17explanation of the cons of gilgal so he explains for example using the illustration of the
  7. 38:31with any and certainly not as but he he was you know there are certain people
  8. 44:15is and the to still doesn't get it and then he explains to him because of
  9. 50:25something out but it's I'll tell you something very funny about that addition you could take
  10. 56:12yose and that's why he died young so who so mashia Ben ysep has come who's

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