Auction 68
Lot 240:
Sefer Likutei Moharan, with Likutei Moharan Tanina, Published by Breslov – Warsaw, 1924. 4, 141, [4] leaves, V pp. An additional title page for the Tanina section. At its end, leaves with a list of subscribers from Poland. Ancient binding. Crumbling leather spine. Some minor stains. Very good overall condition.
On the title page, a Hebrw and foreign stamp: "שרגא שמואל שניטצלער אב"ד דקה"י בעקעשטשאבא והגליל יצ"ו" [see below].
On leaf 5b of the second pagination, Rabbeinu introduces a Segulah: "Know that Mizmor LeTodah is a Segulah for an easy delivery…". On the side of the sheet, Rabbi Sheraga Shmuel handwrote: "Tried and true"!
On the flyleaf and title page, a pencil notation: "הק’ יחיאל מיכל ניישלאס" – has not been thoroughly studied.
Rabbi Sheraga Shmuel Schnitzler Av Beit Din of Tashaba (1889-1980) the son of Rabbi Baruch Yehuda, a descendant of the holy Gaon Rabbi Shmelke of Nikolsburg. Was a Chassidic Rav of several villages and towns in Hungary. Was a famed wonder-worker. Was a disciple of Rabbi Menachem Brody of Kaliv and Rabbi Yehuda Greenwald of Satmar and a leading Chassid of the Maharid of Belz and his son the Admor Rabbi Aharon, He merited being buried near Rabbi Aharon’s gravesite. Was Rav of Tshaba (Békéscsaba, Hungary). After World War II, immigrated to Jerusalem, where by the advice of his holy Rav of Belz, he refused a position of Rav and where he passed away in 1980. After his passing, his Divrei Torah were published by his grandson and successor Rabbi Meshulam Shalom Weinberg in the book Birkot Shmuel. His father-in-law (by his second marriage) was the Admor Rabbi Eliezer Zussia of Skolen. His descendants are important Chareidi Admorim, Rabbis and dignitaries in Israel and abroad.
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