About The Letter and the English Edition

R' Shimshon of Ostropoli's (1599-1648) famed Erev Pesach Letter/Segula, (Ma'amar Sod Etzba Elokim, in reality a Dvar Torah on the ten Makkos, plagues). Revealed to him in a dream with the assurance of blessing to those that study it once a year - especially on Erev Pesach [("will merit great things. He will be saved from misfortune and will not die a strange death. No man will dominate over him; his enemies will fall before him. In every direction in which he turns he will be successful and he will prosper") The Erloi Rav, R’ Yochanan Sofer, (among others) attributes his salvation from WWII to the recital of the Ma'amar.]

Elucidated with a fascinating commentary, Shemesh U'Magen (by the Av BD of Teveria, originally printed 1891). Join the many that have blown away by the numerical genius exposed in this sefer.

INCLUDES:

- Preface & Introductory Essays (to help undestand the material discussed)

- The Ma'amar with the explaintion of the Shemesh U'Magen (and orignal Maamar in Hebrew)

- Other amazing, numerical and Pesach related pieces by R' Shimshon

- Ma'amar of 'The 42 Wanderings' by R' Shimshon (also a powerful Segula)

- Bio on R' Shimshon & The Shemesh U'Magen

So what is in this mystical letter? Why is it so potent? And why did Gedolim, simple people, Sephardim and Ashkenazim for 100s of years adhere to this practice of reading this every erev Pesach…? That used to be the question but it no longer is! With the new, elucidated Maamar Sod Etzba Elokim available in English and Hebrew this ‘Erev Pesach Letter’ is no longer cryptic, it is literally mind-blowing!

Until now, the Maamar was difficult to comprehend even to those that can learn! Now, carefully explained and accompanied with the fascinating explanations of the Shemesh UMagen, this work is a pleasure to learn through. It is available in English or Hebrew.

But it’s more than just a Segula or simply an Erev Pesach Tefilla as some mistakenly think, it’s an in depth Torah piece on the ten makkos. And it literally changes your understanding of the ten Makkos. In fact, people who have learned through the Maamar with the commentary, have said that the wonders that are revealed in this Maamar to explain the Makkos has strengthened their Emuna by seeing how every letter in the Torah is accounted for and the spellbinding hints that lie in every word! And it comes with the blessing of one of the greatest Tzaddikim and Kabbalists that lived!

The Maamar has been reprinted in numerous Haggados for hundreds of years by Gedolei HaDor along with the words of the famous assurance, (R’ Chaim Falagi in Chaim LeRosh printed in 1852, quoting R’ Chaim Modai who passed away in 1796, Haggadas Megaleh Amukos 1821, Lechem Oni 1835 and many more Haagados and before that in other seforim as early as 1709). Most new Haggados today have it. As well, many Gedolim make sure to learn the Maamar every year. In fact, R’ Moshe Shternbuch Shlita (Gaavad Yerushalayim) writes (Haggada Moadim UZmanim Minhagei HaGra 5747), “due to the real miracles we have heard reported happen to people who learned the Maamar, it is worthwhile to learn it before Pesach as well as after the Seder with all the family members that can comprehend it.

The Sephardi Mekubal, R’ Salman Mutzapi learned it every year with his family members (Pesach BeTzion). R’ Chaim Kanievsky recited the Maamar every year on Erev Pesach. As you can see, the Gedolim took R’ Shimshon’s word very seriously!

In Short: 1) This Maamar will give you an entirely new angle to the Makkos and a more meaningful Pesach. 2) It is accompanied by a powerful assurance of health, honor and prosperity that all the Gedolim, Sephardic, Ashkenazic and Chassidic from after R’ Shimshon’s time until today valued greatly, associating great miracles to it.

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