Lot 170
Mishnayot Nezikin and Taharot – Copy of the Rebbe of Alexander Rabbi Yitzchak Menachem Danziger, Author of Akedat Yitzchak
Many stamps and inscriptions that the book belongs to Rebbe Yitzchak Menachem Danziger the Rebbe of Alexander. Signature of his family members and earlier owners: Rabbi "Elazar Lipshitz"; "Ya'akov Yechezkel HaCohen"; "Akiva Yehoshua Eiger"; "Moshe Weiss, Rabbi of Losyach"; "Avraham Chaim"; etc.
Rebbe Yitzchak Menachem Danziger of Alexander (1880-1942) was a leading rebbe of his times. Educated by his grandfather, founder of the dynasty Rabbi Yechiel of Alexander, by his father Rebbe Shmuel Zvi of Alexander, author of Tiferet Shmuel and by his uncle Rabbi Yerachmiel Yisrael Yitzchak, author of Yismach Yisrael.
In 1924, he was crowned as rebbe, after 70 foremost Polish rabbis, his father's Chassidim, requested that he continue leading the dynasty. During his leadership, the Alexander Chassidic community in Poland grew and numbered tens of thousands of Jews. With his brother Rabbi Avraham Chaim Danziger, he founded the chain of the Beit Yisrael Yeshivot in memory of his uncle the author of Yismach Yisrael. He was murdered in the Holocaust with all his children and grandchildren. After the Holocaust, the remaining Alexander Chassidim gathered around his cousin Rabbi Yehuda Moshe Tehiberg and crowned him as Rebbe. These Chassidim compiled whatever remained of his Torah writings and printed them in the book Akedat Yitzchak.
Two volumes: [1], 200 leaves, 24 pages; [3], 225 leaves, 16 pages. 28 cm. Brittle paper, use damage and stains. Elaborate leather bindings, ancient and worn.
