The work includes letters and articles “to excite the heart” written by Admor Yisrael Libkin of Salant. First edition, Vilna, 1900. [1], 92 leaves. Stefansky, Sifrei Yessod, p. 134 in the additions.
Front cover on orange paper which does not appear in the various bibliographic records. Late binding. Moth perforations. Fair general condition.
On the cover title, in a designated frame,
a dedication handwritten by the publisher Rabbi Yitzchak Blazer – a leading disciple of the Mussar Gaon Rabbi Yisroel of Salant (see below) addressed to "Abba Abel". Appearing beneath the dedication is his official stamp: “Yitzhak Blazer, previously Rav of Petersburg, Kovna”.
Rabbi Yitczhak Blazer (1837-1907) was a sage of Lithuania. He was the son-in-law of Rabbi Haim Leib Rottenburg-Mishkovsky of Tovisk. His father was rabbi Shlomo Lipals, a sage of Lithuania. He was a student of Rabb iYisrael Salanter in Kovna. In addition he was the manager of the Prushim Kollel under Rabbi Yitzhak Elchanan in 1880, until he left in 1881 following a machloket over Mussar. He edited the journal “Tevuna” of the Mussar movement. He was a founder of the Mussar yeshiva in Slobodka, and he moved to Kelm in place of Rabbi Simcha Zissel Ziv. His method in Mussar was to encourage enthusiasm and admiration rather than intellectual exegesis. He authored Or Yisrael, a composition on clarifying the Mussar method, and more. He moved to Jerusalem in 1904 and served as head of the Vilna Kollel, and more. His son-in-law was Rabbi Eliyahu Abest of Moscow.
