Orchos Chaim-Shoshanas Yaakov. Venice, 1623.
A Magician’s Guide – First Hebrew Edition!
Shoshanas Yaakov is a captivating booklet written by Harav Yaakov Heilprunn of Padua, author of Shu”t Nachlas Yaakov. It was published together with the Will of Rabbi Eliezer Hagadol.
Shoshanas Yaakov contains clever questions and magic tricks! Examples are methods of surmising which number a person has chosen, guessing an item that a person chose without seeing it, causing an egg to hover in the air without touching it, writing secret codes, and speaking sign language!
On his journey to Eretz Yisrael, the Shl”a Hakadosh passed through Italy where he met the author and wrote an approbation to his sefer Nachlas Yaakov. In his inscription, he adds, “This is a work of a great man…I have seen it, and it contains the wisdom of G-d…”
Venice, 1623. 12 leaves. Page size: 15 cm. Very rare booklet. Good condition. Plain cardboard cover.
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