Chayei Adam and Nishmat Adam, by R. Avraham Danzig. Józefów: David Saadia Yeshaya Wax, 1829. Two parts in one volume. Separate title page for part II.
Copy of Rebbe Menashe Rubin of Ropshitz. Many signatures and ownership inscriptions on the endpapers and title pages, including: "This book belongs to the great rabbi… R. Menashe Rubin, rabbi of Ropshitz and the region…".
On the back endpaper, draft of a Passover kashrut certificate for flour, dated Nissan 1833, handwritten and signed by the rebbe.
Rebbe Menashe Rubin of Ropshitz (ca. 1795-1860), author of Lechem Shemeina, was the son and successor of Rebbe Asher Yeshaya Rubin of Ropshitz (1775-1845, author of Or Yesha, son-in-law and successor of Rebbe Naftali of Ropshitz) and a disciple of R. Tzvi Hirsh of Rimanov. His disciples include several elders of the generation who still merited learning under his grandfather R. Naftali of Ropshitz. He was renowned for his love for his fellow Jew and his desire to shower them with an abundance of livelihood and blessing. In the foreword to his book Lechem Shemeina (Lviv, 1876), printed after his demise, the publisher R. Eliezer Eisen, posek in Istrik (Ustrzyki Dolne) wrote: "and I called it (the book) so since I remember that in his lifetime, he always wished to draw upon the Jewish people an abundance of blessing and success". He had six daughters who produced dynasties of rebbes, chassidim and great people. His sons-in-law include: his successor Rebbe Yitzchak Mariles of Ropshitz; Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum of Sighet, the Kedushat Yom Tov (a son-in-law in his first marriage); and Rebbe Yissachar Berish Eichenstein of Veretzky, author of Malbush LeShabbat VeYom Tov.
[3], 72; 51 leaves. 36 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Minor wear. Worming. Closed and open tears to several leaves, not affecting text. Inscriptions, signatures and stamps. Old binding, damaged and partially detached.