Sefer Be’er Sheva on the Torah by Rabbi Moshe Ashkenazi of Toltshova – First edition – Jerusalem, 1853. [For more information about the mistake in the year of printing in some lists, see Shoshana HaLevi 50]. Stefansky Chassidut 75.
Incomplete copy. Originally, [3], 172, [1] leaves. This copy ends with leaf 135 and leaves 38-39 are missing. New, elegant leather binding, party detached. Restorations to the title page and several additional leaves. The last 2 leaves are detached. Moth perforations, some of them restored. Stains. Good overall condition.
The author, Rabbi Moshe David Ashkenazi, Av Beit Din of Toltshova-Safed (1774-1856), son of Rabbi Asher Anshil of Rozdol and a descendant of Rabbi Shechena of Lublin. Father-in-law of Admor the Yeitev Lev of Sighet and father of Rabbi Yoel Ashkenazi, Av Beit Din of Zlatchow (the father-in-law of the Admor Kedushat Yom Tov). Among his descendants are Admorim of Siget, Satmar, and Klausenberg. Served as the first Rav of Toltshova for more than 40 years. Moved to Jerusalem and from there to Tzfat, where he served as rabbi at the order of Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhin. He was a found of the Chassidic community of Tzfat after the earthquake. He authored this book and the Toldot Adam. His home and Beit Midrash in Safed were repaired by his grandson, Admor of Klausenberg, and it is used as the base of the Sanz institutions in the city.
