Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Rav Peninim - Frankfurt an der Oder, 1782 - By the Author of the Pri Megadim and his Father, Rabbi Meir - Includes Sections Written in the Lifetime of the Ba'al Shem Tov

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Rav Peninim, with three books: Nofet Tzufim U'Me'irat Einayim by Rabbi Meir Te'omim, magid in the city of Lubartów and magid and Torah authority in Lvov. Teivat Gome by his son, Rabbi Yosef ben Rabbi Meir Te'omim (Av Beit Din of Frankfurt an der Oder, author of Pri Megadim). And Shoshanat Ha'Amakim, by Rabbi Yosef Te'omim. Frankfurt an der Oder, [1782]. Three title pages.
Bound with an incomplete copy (lacking 4 leaves) of Nezirut Shimshon, on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, by Rabbi Shimshon Chassid of Hamburg. Berlin, 1764. With approbation of Rabbi Yehonatan Eybeschütz.
In the book Nofet Tzofim U'Mei'rat Einayim (Leaf 29/2), the author quotes a letter by Rabbi Gershon of Kitev, sent from Eretz Israel by "the Chassid Rabbi Gershon to his famous brother-in-law the Ba'al Shem Tov, Rabbi Yisrael: 'And when I arrived in the holy city of Jerusalem and saw that it was built up with all good things, I fell on my face and wept and said, You, Jerusalem who is like a widow, how do you dress in such handsome clothing?! If only I had seen you in your destruction…”. [These words were written by the author Rabbi Meir Te’omim during the lifetime of the Ba’al Shem Tov. The author’s son, author of Pri Megadim who published the book left the titles as they were written by his father (when the Ba’al Shem Tov was alive)].
Nezirut Shimshon: [4], (lacking 1-4), 5-26 leaves. Rav Peninim: [2], 136 leaves (lacking additional leaf addes to some copies at the end of Shoshanat Ha’Amakim). 20 cm. Fair condition, wear damages to margins, with minor damage to texts. Stains and worm damages. Worn binding.
Stefansky Chassidut no. 532.
Chassidism – Books
Chassidism – Books