Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Bat Ayin - Zhitomir, 1850 - First Edition of Version 2
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Bat Ayin on the Torah, by R. Avraham Dov of Ovruch and Safed. Zhitomir: the Shapira brothers, R. Chanina Lipa, R. Aryeh Leib and R. Yehoshua Heshel, grandsons of the Slavita Rabbi, 1850.
Second edition, not identical to the first edition. This book was first printed in Jerusalem in 1847, copied from a manuscript written by one of the Rebbe's disciples - Rabbi Yisrael of Fălticeni. In 1850, the book was reprinted in Zhitomir according to a different manuscript written by R. Meshulam Zussman of Zhitomir, another disciple of the Rabbi of Ovruch. This edition has many additions and variations of content and style in comparison to the Jerusalem edition.
The author, Rebbe Avraham Dov of Ovruch (1765-1841), a famous Chassidic leader, disciple of R. Nachum and his son R. Mordechai of Chernobyl and of R. Zusha of Annopol and R. Levi Yitzchak of Berdychiv. Served for 40 years as Rabbi of Ovruch, and he was called: "the Holy Rabbi of Ovruch". In 1833, he ascended to Eretz Israel, to the city of Safed in which he established his Beit Midrash and led the Safed Chassidic community. The story of the miracle of his delivery from the tragic earthquake in 1837 is well-known. The quake happened during the time congregants gathered for the Mincha prayer in the synagogues (late afternoon). The Ovruch Rebbe warned his Chassidim not to leave the synagogue and he lay on the floor of the Beit Midrash and all the surrounding people held on to his belt. The entire building collapsed with the exception of the narrow area in which the Rebbe and his followers lay. [Later, the Rebbe related that he saw that the earthquake was not a natural event since the stones were cast to the side and did not fall directly to the ground in spite of their weight. He understood that a fierce power had been granted to the Sitra Achra, therefore he just laid there submissively on the ground - "Wait a moment until the fury passes" (Yeshayahu)]. After the earthquake, he rebuilt the Safed community and did not allow his Chassidim to abandon the holy city. In 1841, he died of pestilence which plagued Safed; and after his death the plague ceased. Many wonders are told of his lofty holiness and of his great powers in performing wonders for the Jewish people. His holy book Bat Ayin was printed in Jerusalem in 1847 and a variation was printed in Zhitomir in 1850 and is considered a basic book of Chassidic thought.
[4], 244 pages (lacking last 5 leaves). 20.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Wear to first leaves. Stains. Non-contemporary, slightly damaged binding.
Without the last five leaves containing halachic responsa by the author.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 104.
Second edition, not identical to the first edition. This book was first printed in Jerusalem in 1847, copied from a manuscript written by one of the Rebbe's disciples - Rabbi Yisrael of Fălticeni. In 1850, the book was reprinted in Zhitomir according to a different manuscript written by R. Meshulam Zussman of Zhitomir, another disciple of the Rabbi of Ovruch. This edition has many additions and variations of content and style in comparison to the Jerusalem edition.
The author, Rebbe Avraham Dov of Ovruch (1765-1841), a famous Chassidic leader, disciple of R. Nachum and his son R. Mordechai of Chernobyl and of R. Zusha of Annopol and R. Levi Yitzchak of Berdychiv. Served for 40 years as Rabbi of Ovruch, and he was called: "the Holy Rabbi of Ovruch". In 1833, he ascended to Eretz Israel, to the city of Safed in which he established his Beit Midrash and led the Safed Chassidic community. The story of the miracle of his delivery from the tragic earthquake in 1837 is well-known. The quake happened during the time congregants gathered for the Mincha prayer in the synagogues (late afternoon). The Ovruch Rebbe warned his Chassidim not to leave the synagogue and he lay on the floor of the Beit Midrash and all the surrounding people held on to his belt. The entire building collapsed with the exception of the narrow area in which the Rebbe and his followers lay. [Later, the Rebbe related that he saw that the earthquake was not a natural event since the stones were cast to the side and did not fall directly to the ground in spite of their weight. He understood that a fierce power had been granted to the Sitra Achra, therefore he just laid there submissively on the ground - "Wait a moment until the fury passes" (Yeshayahu)]. After the earthquake, he rebuilt the Safed community and did not allow his Chassidim to abandon the holy city. In 1841, he died of pestilence which plagued Safed; and after his death the plague ceased. Many wonders are told of his lofty holiness and of his great powers in performing wonders for the Jewish people. His holy book Bat Ayin was printed in Jerusalem in 1847 and a variation was printed in Zhitomir in 1850 and is considered a basic book of Chassidic thought.
[4], 244 pages (lacking last 5 leaves). 20.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Wear to first leaves. Stains. Non-contemporary, slightly damaged binding.
Without the last five leaves containing halachic responsa by the author.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 104.
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