Auction 68
Lot 214:
Sefer Likutei Torah, Hadrachot, Divrei Mussar and Chassidut by the Admor Rabbi Mordechai Twersky of Chernobyl. Edited by his grandson Rabbi Zussia Yitzchak ben Rabbi Yechiel Michl of Tlomatsh, the father of the holy Rav Rabbi Mordechai Dov Twersky of Horonsteipel. Approbations by leading Chassidic rabbis: Maran the Divrei Chaim of Sanz, the Admor Rabbi Avraham Yaakov of Sadigure and the Gaon Rabbi yeshaya Schor Av Beit Din of Jassy.
In that year, two editions were published. This copy is the second one with corrections of printing errors, which in the first edition were appended in an additional leaf – second edition of the first one, Chernovich, 1859. [2], 43, 43-63 leaves. Stefansky Chassidut 296. Moth damage. Detached binding. Partly detached leaves. Mold stains. Fair overall condition.
Ownership signatures and stamps:
– The Admor Rabbi Yitzchak Mordechai Shapira of Gvoditz (Gwoździec) [see below].
– Rabbi Yaakov Levin – Shochet and Bodek of Sadiguram author of Chotam Kodesh and Yaffe Lebdikah.
– Rabbi Leib Tefir of Sadigura, publisher of the book Simanei Re’ashim Vere’amim – Chernovich, 1848.
A typical copy from Sadigure, indicating the famed Sanz-Sadigura controversy, with Rabbeinu the Divrei Chaim’s name being erased from the approbations and pierced by someone.
The Admor Rabbi Yitzchak Mordechai Shapira of Gvoditz (Gwoździec) (1867-1930) the son of the Admor Rabbi Aviezri Zelig Shapira (the son of Rabbi Chaim Meir Yechiel of Moglanitza) and son-in-law of the Admor Rabbi Yisrael, the Or Yisrael of Sadigura. Served as Admor in Gvoditz, Galicia, while his brother Rabbi Chaim Meir Yechiel served as Admor in Drohobych. During World War I, he escaped to Vienna with the Admorim of Ruzhin and remained there until his passing and there he was buried.
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