Lot 157
Birkat David - Rabbi David of Tolna - Zhitomir, 1862 - First Edition - Segulah Book
Birkat David, Chassidic and Kabbalistic homilies on the Torah and Festivals, by R. David of Tolna. Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa and R. Yehoshua Heshel Shapira, grandsons of the rabbi of Slavita, 1862. First edition. Two title pages and two introductions.
First edition printed during the lifetime of the author R. David Twersky of Tolna (1808-1882), son of R. Mordechai of Chernobyl. In his introduction, the author, known as a miracle worker, writes: "We shall merit pure future joy, and constant blessings".
The book opens with a title page and introduction, followed by another title page and another introduction, almost identical to the first ones. The title page borders are different. The texts of the title pages and the introductions are almost identical, with the exception of typographic changes and slight variations in the titles of the author and his distinguished forefathers. This does not explain why the title page and introduction were repeated, nor whether it was done at the author's request.
[4], 143 pages. Approx. 20 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Dampstains to some leaves. Marginal worming to several leaves. New binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 101
