Auction 62
Lot 211:
Sefer Gvurot Aryeh Chassidic and kabbalistic commentary on Sefer Bereshit by Rabbi Aryeh Leib Av Beit Din of Lantzhot, a disciple of the Maggid of Kozhnitz and the Rav of Lublin, author of Arba’ah Charashim, Divrei Ester and more. At its end, a Drush for hanukkah and varied compilations.
First edition – Lemberg, 1870. (6) 9-65, 9 leaves. Stefasnky Chassidut no. 108. Approbations by leading Chassidic rabbis.
New binding. Stains. A fold in the printing of the first leaf. A change to the color at the edges of some leaves. Good overall condition.
The author, Rabbi Aryeh Leib of Lantzhot (1757/8-1824/6) was the son of Rabbi Baruch, a great student of the Chozeh of Lublin and the Maggid of Kozhnitz. He began to serve as rabbi of Lantzhot in 1777, when he was only 20 years old, and from 1819 he succeeded Rabbi Haim of Chernowitz (the Be’er Mayim Hayim) in the rabbinate of Kishinev, where he served until he died. Author of Khomat Ariel, Divrei Esther, Gevurot Aryeh, and Arba’a Charashim. Known as a genius, there were those who compared his acuteness to Rabbi Yehonatan Ifshitz. The Ohev Yisrael of Aphtha would visit him every year in Kishinev and would send others there for his advice, and he said to the residents “secrets of Torah that were hidden [genuzim] for 400 years were given to Rabbi Aryeh Leib.” See Encyclopedia of Chassidut, Section 1, page 328; Otzar HaRabbanim 3336; Me’orei Galicia, Section 1, p. 292-293.
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