Noam Elimelech. Segulah Book with the Blessing of the Rayya"tz of Lubavitch for "Guardian for Success"

Noam Elimelech. Segulah Book with the Blessing of the Rayya"tz of Lubavitch for "Guardian for Success"

Noam Elimelech - New York, 1942. Important edition of the renowned segulah book. Letter printed at the beginning of the book from the Admo"r Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch blessing and promising: "This book's purchasers will have it as a guardian for success"!

Noam Elimelech is the most important Chassidic book of all time. It is considered a segulah book, and it is also printed in miniature editions - like the book Raziel HaMalach - to be used as an amulet. Another tried-and-true ancient segulah is to put it under the head of a woman giving birth as a segulah for an easy birth. The maternity wards at the hospitals regularly have copies of Noam Elimelech to offer to women experiencing difficulty during their births.

Leading Admo"rim frequently mention this book in their works, including Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heschel of Apta; Rabbi Kolonymus, author of Me'or VaShemesh, and others. Rabbi Nachman of Breslov said: "Rabbi Elimelech's sanctity is at a lofty exalted level, far beyond what is apparent and can be discerned from his book." ( Chayei Mohara"n). Rabbi Mendel of Rimanov, a leading Admo"r of Galicia, said that only after he had immersed in a mikveh before the onset of Shabbat was he able to understand anything in Noam Elimelech. Rabbi Heschel, av beit din of Talust, said: Whoever can comprehend this book has the ability to revive the dead.

Chaba"d Chassidut also recognized the segulah of this book. The Ba'al HaTanya called it "The Book of Tzaddikim" (while calling his own book, Tanya, "The Book of the Mediocre"). He added, "Not every mind can endure it." As a result of these words expressed by the Ba'al HaTanya, a group of Chassidim associated with the mashpia Rabbi Chaim Shalom Deutch once asked that he give them a class on Noam Elimelech. Rabbi Chaim Shalom responded that although he was Heavenly blessed with the ability to explain complex and difficult-to-understand subjects, the book Noam Elimelech is a segulah book, and segulah is beyond human comprehension, not amenable to explanation!

[7] 231 leaves, 28 cm. Thick paper.

Very fine condition. Two tears in the title page, professionally restored. New binding with beautiful imprints.