Auction 45
Lot 235:
Siddur Beit Yaakov “written by Rabbi Gaon Chassid kabbalist…Yaakov of Emdin…in nigla and nistar with kavanot of the Arizal”, with the addition of “Yeriyot Shlomo” by the gaon Rabbi Shlomo Kluger. Two title pages,
facsimile edition of the Lemberg printing of 1904. Printed in Vienna. Approbation from the author’s son, Rabbi Avraham Binyamin Kluger, 472 leaves. Stains, old binding, front binding is loose, tear at the top of the title pages, overall good condition.
The title page has an important stamp: “Aharon Friedman Chernowitz.” Correction handwritten.
Admor Rabbi Aharon Friedman of Boyan-Chernowitz (1890-1942) was the son of the Admor Rabbi Menachem Nachum. He was son-in-law of the Admor Rabbi Haim of Itinya, son of the Admor the Imrei Baruch of Vizhnitz and brother of the Ahavas Yisrael of Vizhnitz. He was incredibly close to his father, and after his father’s death refused to succeed him despite the pleas of important chassids, but he agreed to serve as head of the Volyn Kollel for the sake of not depriving its inhabitants.
In 1938 he finally agreed to succeed his father. A bit of his divrei torah were included in the book Toldos Aharon. He died from typhus during the conditions of the Shoah in the city of Obodovka.
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