Auction 88 - Part I - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Toldot Yitzchak (Neshchiz) – Warsaw, 1868 – First Edition – Segulah Book

Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,500
Including buyer's premium

Toldot Yitzchak, Chassidic essays on the Torah portions, the Jewish Holidays and on Tehillim, by Rebbe Yitzchak Shapiro of Neshchiz (Niesuchojeże). Warsaw: Nathan Schriftgiesser, 1868. First edition. Two title pages. Author's name printed in gold ink on first title page.
Rebbe Elimelech of Grodzisk writes in his approbation of the segulah in possessing this book: "It is fitting for every Jewish person to bring this book into his home so as to procure enduring blessing".
The author, Rebbe Yitzchak of Neshchiz (1789-1868), was the youngest son of Rebbe Mordechai of Neshchiz and close disciple of R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev. Throughout his lifetime, Rebbe Yitzchak of Neshchiz rarely lectured in public. However, in the last year of his life, he delivered lectures on the Torah and on Tehillim almost daily, which were recorded and published in the present book.
[4], 32; 30; 22; 32 leaves. Leaf 24 of first sequence erroneously bound after leaf 26. 25 cm. Wide margins. Most leaves in good condition. Stains. Many stains to title page and other leaves. Tears in several places, repaired in part with tape (including title page). Stamps. Many inscriptions. New leather binding.


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