Lot 69
Or Pnei Moshe - By Rabbi Moshe Sofer of Pshevorsk - Mezeritch, 1810 - First Edition - Incomplete Copy
Or Pnei Moshe, homiletics, ethics and Chassidic teachings on the Torah and Five Megillot, by R. Moshe Sofer Stam of Pshevorsk (Przeworsk). Mezeritch (Mezhirichi), [1810]. First edition.
The book bears many approbations extolling the great holiness of the book and its author, accorded by foremost Chassidic leaders.
The author, R. Moshe of Pshevorsk (1720?-1806) was a prominent Chassidic leader in the generation of R. Elimelech of Lizhensk and his brother R. Zusha of Anipoli, who held him in high esteem. He was also renowned as a supremely holy and pure Torah scribe, and Tefillin and mezuzot he scribed were deemed exceptionally holy.
Signature on p. 7a.
Incomplete copy: [1], 100; 231-240; 101-228, 230 leaves (originally: [2], 240 leaves). Leaves 231-240 bound out of sequence. 21 cm. Fair condition. Stains (including dampstains) and wear. Open tears to first leaf, affecting text. Worming, affecting text. New binding.
Without additional 2 leaves of approbations, added after the printing to some copies only.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 32.
