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Lot 66

Or Pnei Moshe (Przeworsk) - Mezhirichi, 1810 – First Edition

Or Pnei Moshe, on the Torah and Megillot, by Rabbi Moshe Sofer Stam of Przeworsk . Mezhirichi, 1810. First edition.
Many approbations by Chassidic leaders of those times: Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdychiv, Rabbi Yisrael of Kozienice, Rabbi Ya'akov Yitzchak The Chozeh of Lublin [who writes in his approbation of the author's greatness. "I know him because in my youth I would obey him and I drank from his pleasant waters, and I know that he conducted all his affairs for the sake of Heaven and to give spiritual satisfaction to G-d. He reached such a level, Rabbi Moshe Alshich would appear to him…"], Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Rimanov, Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heshel of Apta, Rabbi Chaim of Batishan [author of Be'er Mayim Chaim], etc.
On the title page are ownership inscriptions by two writers: "The Rabbi of Nashc—"; "This belongs to Rabbi Yisrael Leib[sh] son of the renowned rabbi".
[2], 240 leaves. Approximately 21 cm. Greenish paper, fair condition, stains and wear damage, (damage to text on leaf corners). Leather and fabric binding.
Stefansky Chassidut no. 32. Lacking the two leaves of additional approbations (in small letters), added after printing to some copies.