Auction 57
Lot 247:
1. Sefer Chemdah Genuza, “a collection of letters from the writings of the Besht and his chevra Kadisha [i.e. followers]”—this refers to pp. 13-25, which have 38 letters and teudot from various Admorim, given to the publisher Yosef Chaim Biglausen by Rabbi Yisrael Gorzitzinsky. Most originate from the controversial Kherson geniza (according to its discoverers, it was found at the Russian police archive in Kherson, and comes from materials confiscated from Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhin by the police; it appears, however, that these letters are actually fake). Divrei torah by tzaddikim on the seder haparshiyot, including: Rabbi Dov Beer of Mezrich, Rabbi Pinchas of Koritz, Rabbi Yev”y of Ostraha, Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev, Rabbi Yisrael of Koznitz, Rabbi Yehiel Michal of Zlotchow, Rabbi Zvi of Zidichov, Rabbi Eliezer of Zikov. At the end are hanhagot kedoshim from Rabbi Moshe Leib of Sasov. Printed in Boro Park, 1930. V, 27 pages.
Bound with the Sefer Nachalei Dvash (chassidut)—a collection of chiddushei torah in the spirit of purity and mussar, with wise sayings and sichot from famous tzaddikim and gedolim, collected by Rabbi Shmuel ben Rabbi Shlomo Friedman of Lviv (the author of Imrei Shefer and Shut Bigdei Srad). The content is especially exciting since it links drash and chassidus with stories of deeds from Chassidic folklore. First edition, Lemberg [Lviv] 1929. [3], 3-26, [1] leaves.
2. Sefer Ohel Naftali—chiddushei Torah, sichot, and stories from the Admor Rabbi Naftali Zvi Horwitz of Rofshitz, one of the Chozeh of Lublin’s greatest students, author of the Zera Kodesh and more. First edition, Lemberg 1911. 74 leaves in the original—this copy is missing the last leaf.
No bindings, some brittle paper, various defects and conditions.
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