Lot 81
Passover Haggadah – Zhitomir, 1863 – Commentary of the Maggid of Chernobyl to Chad Gadya
Passover Haggadah, with four commentaries: Alshech, Gevurot Hashem by the Maharal, Ollelot Efraim and Abarbanel; with a commentary to Chad Gadya by Rebbe Mordechai of Chernobyl. Zhitomir: R. Aryeh Leib Shapira grandson of the rabbi of Slavita, 1863.
A commentary to Chad Gadya "Uttered by the holy R. Mordechai of Chernobyl" is printed on leaf 59. This commentary by Rebbe Mordechai Twersky – the Maggid of Chernobyl, was first printed in the book Divrei Torah (Warsaw 1851). The title there states that this commentary contains "the ways and modes of Chassidic conduct", as derived from the Chad Gadya piyyut.
120 pages. Approx. 19 cm. Fair condition. Large open tear to center of title page. Stains and wear. Wine stains. Lower margins of final leaves trimmed close to text, affecting text. New binding.
