Chumash Ohr Hachaim. Rabbi Moshe Shapiro Edition. Complete Set. Slavita, 1818

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Chumash Ohr Hachaim. Rabbi Moshe Shapiro Edition. Complete Set. Slavita, 1818

Chamishah Chumshei Torah (Pentateuch) with the following commentaries: Onkelos,

Yonasan Ben Uziel, Yerushalmi, Rashi and Ohr Hachaim by Rabbi Chaim ben Attar.

Includes all five Megillos with Rishon LeTzion commentary by the Or HaChaim HaKadosh.

This chumash was brought to print by the famous Rabbi Moshe Shapiro, Av Beis Din of Slavita, at the request of his father, the venerable Harav Pinchas of Koritz.

The chumash bears the approbations of Harav Avraham Yehoshua Heschel of Apta, author of Ohev Yisrael, and Rav Yisrael, Av Beis Din Pikov and successor of the Kedushas Levi from Berditchev.

Vol. 1.Bereishis. 242 leaves.

Vol. 2. Shemos. 268 leaves.

Vol. 3. Vayikra. 176 leaves.

Vol. 4. Bamidbar. 199 leaves.

Vol.5. Devarim. 194 leaves.

Slavita, 1818. Rabbi Moshe Shapiro Press. Bluish-green paper. Name of Chumash, and place of printing in red ink. Minor holes and slight flaws restored professionally with nearly no damage to text,

Magnificent set. New leather binding

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Printing of the Ohr Hachaim in the Slavita Press

Harav Yehoshua Halevi Horowitz of Tzfas wrote, “I heard… that Rav Pinchas of Koritz zt”l said that learning Ohr Hachaim brings benefit to the soul like the holy Zohar, because Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai possessed the soul of his generation’s Mashiach, as did the Ohr Hachaim possess the soul of his generation’s Mashiach. He instructed his sons to print the Ohr Hachaim every year… and then they will be saved from all evil…” (Migdal Oz, Kfar Chabad, 1980 page 268. Cited in Imrei Pinchas Hashalem vol. 2, page 59.)

Harav Moshe Shapira was the son of the legendary Admor Harav Pinchas of Koritz. Harav Moshe refused to accept the title of Rav or Rebbe and instead founded a printing press in his hometown of Slavita where he published many famous sifrei kodesh while maintaining uncompromising standards of excellence.

Chassidic leaders of his generation were effusive in their praises of the Slavita Press and often sought out these sefarim which were printed by righteous and pious tzaddikim.