Sefer Netzach Yisrael by Rabbi Yehuda Leiv ben Rabbi Betzalel—the Maharal of Prague. Second edition (the previous edition was from years before, during the author’s lifetime). Brought to the printer by the naggid Rabbi Yaakov Moshe of Yarolsav, student of the Maggid of Kozhnitz, upon whose orders the works of the Maharal were printed for a second time. Nowy Dwór. [2], 79, 60-62 leaves.
(On the title page, above the printer’s symbol, is the number 100. For the significance of the number see: Avraham Yaari, Kiryat Sefer, 9, 1932-33 (pp. 436-37) and 10, 1933-34 (pp. 372-74).
Approbations from the Admor Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev and the Admor Rabbi Yisrael bar Shabtai (Hopstein), the Maggid of Kozhnitz.
Stains. Some moth perforations and damage. Color edges. Leather spine. Unraveled front board. fair-good general condition.
On the title page, two important stamps (one of them slightly blurred):
"Avraham ben Rabbi Raphael" – who is no other than the Admor the holy Gaon, the Rav of the Admorim of Poland, Rabbi Avraham of Chechnov.
לרוכש ימסר מבית המכירות פרטים על מקור הפריט וסמכותו המהימנה.
The book contains dozens of significant and fascinating comments handwritten by him, revealing a small fraction of its owner’s Torah. Some of them are Chassidic and Kabbalistic. The rabbi – like many other of the Admorim of Poland – studied the philosophy books of the Maharal of Prague, who was his maternal grandfather, as indicated by this copy of the book.
In one place we found a touching comment which is also a blessing:
"כל שפע היא
באה ע"י ישראל".
The Gaon Admor Rabbi Avraham Landau (1784-1875) In 1820 was appointed the Rav of Chechnov, a position he held for fifty five years until his passing. Rabbi Avraham Landau was the father of the Strikov Chassidic dynasty. Immediately after his appointment, he established a yeshiva, which he headed.
For many years, he refused to act as an Admor. Only in 1866, after the passing of the Chidushei Harim of Ger, Rabbi Elazar Hacohen of Poltosk managed to convince him to become an Admor, claiming that the void that was created after the passing of the rabbi of Ger must be filled. Although he became an Admor, receiving Pitka’os and Pidyonos and conducting Shulchanos, he did not change two of his customs: to pray Vatikin according to the Ashkenaz version. These two customs were extraordinary in the Chassidic world.
The Gaon Rabbi Akiva Eiger said of him that he was "אריה דבי עילאי" and used to stand whenever referring to him.
