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Bnei Yissachar – Lviv, 1860 – Copy of Rebbe Mordechai Ze'ev Halberstam, Rabbi of Grybów and Sanz

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Bnei Yissachar, Chassidic discourses on the festivals and months of the year, two parts – by Rebbe Tzvi Elimelech Langsam-Shapiro of Dinov. Lviv (Lemberg): published by Avraham Nisan Süss Segal, press of F. Galinski u. S. L. Flecker, 1860. Second edition. Divisional title pages for each part. Both parts in one volume.


Copy of Rebbe Mordechai Ze'ev Halberstam, Rabbi of Grybów and Sanz; his handwritten ownership inscription on the title page of Part I. Ownership stamps from his tenure as Rabbi of Grybów.
Additional ownership inscription of R. Avigdor Teitelbaum (who received it as a gift from the Rebbe) and Yosef Segal Nitborger.


Rebbe Mordechai Ze'ev Halberstam of Sanz-Grybów (1882-1942; perished in the Holocaust), son-in-law of R. Chaim Meir Epstein of Neustadt, son of Rebbe Aryeh Leibush Halberstam of Sanz, and grandson of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz. Served as Rabbi in Grybów and later Sanz.


The recipient of the book is Rebbe Mordechai Ze'ev Halberstam's nephew, R. Avigdor Teitelbaum (perished in the Holocaust), Rabbi of Piwniczna and dayan and posek in Sanz. Son of R. Avraham Chaim Teitelbaum, Rabbi of Krenitz (Krynica-Zdrój), who was a son of R. Moshe David Teitelbaum, Rabbi of Târgu Lăpuș; a descendant of the Yitav Lev of Sighet and the Divrei Chaim of Sanz.


[1], 1, [2], 5-88 leaves (misfoliation); [1], 88 leaves. Approx. 25 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Wear and tears. Margins of first title page repaired with paper. Old binding, disconnected.

PLEASE NOTE: Item descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.

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