Be'er Sheva, homilies on the Torah by Rebbe Moshe David Ashkenazi, Rabbi of Tolcsva and Safed (author of Toldot Adam; father-in-law of the Yitav Lev and progenitor of the Satmar and Klausenburg Chassidic dynasties). Jerusalem: R. Yisrael Bak, 1853. First edition.
The author, R. Moshe David Ashkenazi, Rabbi of Tolcsva and Safed (1774-1856), author of Toldot Adam, father-in-law of the Yitav Lev of Sighet. Progenitor of the Satmar and Klausenburg Chassidic dynasties. Rabbi of Tolcsva for some forty years, and later one of the founders of the Chassidic settlement in post-earthquake Safed.
Inscriptions in Sephardic script on title page.
[3], 172, [1] leaves. 20.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Marginal tears to several leaves. Worming in many places (heavy worming on some leaves), affecting text, partially repaired with paper and tape. New fabric binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 50.
Provenance: Formerly of the collection of Dr. I. Mehlman, with his handwritten inscriptions.
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