Yismach Lev (Part II of Meor Einayim), commentary on Aggadot and Midrashim (following the order of the Talmudic tractates), by Rebbe Menachem Nachum [Twersky] of Chernobyl. Slavita: [R. Moshe Shapira, 1798]. First edition.
Two books by R. Menachem Nachum of Chernobyl - Yismach Lev and Meor Einayim - were published in Slavita in 1798. The second edition of Yismach Lev was published in Zhovkva in 1800. The second edition of Meor Einayim, published in Polonne in 1810, included the book Yismach Lev (under the single title Meor Einayim), as did most later editions.
The maggid R. Menachem Nachum of Chernobyl (1730-1798, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut, III, pp. 168-175) was one of the founders of Chassidut and the progenitor of the Chernobyl dynasty. He studied directly from the Baal Shem Tov and was a close disciple of the Maggid of Mezeritch.
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34 leaves. Lacking title page (replaced in photocopy). 20 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains and dark stains. Wear. Tears and worming (including significant worming to several leaves), affecting text, repaired with paper. Margins trimmed with damage to text in several places. Several leaves presumably supplied from a different copy. New binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 237.