“Whenever he carries the amulet…he shall not fear the plague.”
Sacred Amulet by the Admor Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac of Komarno
Lvov, 1856
Following repeated epidemics in the country, the Rebbe of Komarno, Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac, wrote a special amulet to serve as physical protection against the plagues. The amulet was printed on a separate leaf at the end of his sefer Adam Yashar along with his pledge that one who
“carries it with him shall not fear the plague.”
This is the only known instance where a Rebbe wrote an amulet and printed and
distributed it, to aid in protecting Klal Yisrael from terrible plagues.
Apparently, this page was torn out of the majority of copies of this sefer,
in order to
enable the owners to carry it for physical protection, and is therefore extremely rare.
This item comprises two sefarim printed together:
1. Notzer Chessed: Pirkei Avos with a commentary based on kabbalistic teachings of the holy Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov and other great tzaddikim of the era.
2. Adam Yashar: A very rare 9-leaf booklet containing segulos and prayers for times of plague by the Admor Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac of Komarno.
The amulet kameya is printed on the last page and entails an illustration of a hand that fills the majority of the page, embedded with mystical combinations of letters and surrounded with verses and other kabbalistic writings.
The following text is printed on the bottom of the page: “He should place a coin inside this amulet, and whenever he carries the amulet with the coin…he shall not fear the plague…He shall have life, and so too all who surround him.”
Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Yehuda Yechiel Safrin of Komarno (1804-1874) was an exalted
tzaddik and miracle worker, a celebrated genius and prolific author both in the Revealed and Hidden Torah, and one of the greatest Rebbes and Kabbalists of his time. From a remarkably early age, he attained outstanding spiritual accomplishments, drawing from the wisdom of his uncle Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch of Ziditchov. He personally attested that he possessed sparks from the souls of the Arizal and Baal Shem Tov, and his son inscribed in his preface to sefer Zohar Chai, “Several times, I witnessed with my own eyes that when one came to appeal on behalf of a sick patient, he would tell me, ‘This one shall live, and this one shall die…’ almost like Rabbi Chanina ben Dosa.”
Lvov, 1856. First edition.
Page Count: [1], 48, [3]: [9] leaves.
Page Size: 21 cm.
Condition: Good; Slight stains on the margins of the final leaves. New binding.
Bibliography: Stefansky Sifrei Chassidus #393
Provenance: Catalog Genazym 8, #83
