Auction 85 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Tzemach Hashem LiTzvi – Berditchev, 1818 – First Edition
Tzemach Hashem LiTzvi, Chassidic essays on the Torah, by R. Tzvi Hirsh of Nadvorna. [Berditchev (Berdychiv): R. Yisrael Bak, ca. 1818]. First edition.
The author, Rebbe Tzvi Hirsh of Nadvorna (1740-1802), was one of the leading third generation Chassidic rebbes. Disciple of the Maggid of Mezeritch and R. Yechiel Michel of Zlotchov, who was known to say that R. Tzvi Hirsh was the greatest of his disciples and that Eliyahu HaNavi desires his closeness.
[3], 28; 138 leaves. Approx. 21 cm. Bluish paper. Fair condition. Stains, including dark stains and dampstains. Wear, tears and open tears (large tears to first and final leaves), affecting text in several places. Paper repairs in several places. Worming. Inscriptions and stamps. New leather binding.
Including leaf [3], with third approbation and omissions from Parashiot Ki Tisa and Shemini, found in some copies only.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 500.
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