Auction 90 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Letters, Ceremonial Art

Books of Rebbe Elimelech of Grodzisk – Imrei Elimelech – Warsaw, 1876 / Divrei Elimelech – Warsaw, 1890-1891 – First Editions

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The two books of Rebbe Elimelech of Grodzisk on the Torah portions:
• Imrei Elimelech, on the Torah, by Rebbe Elimelech Shapira Rabbi of Grodzisk. Warsaw: Chaim Kelter, 1876. First edition.
[4], 340 pages. 27 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Traces of past dampness. Large open tears to title page, and open tears to first and other leaves, slightly affecting text, repaired with paper. Worming, affecting text. Inscriptions. Many stamps. New leather binding.
Without [2] leaves at beginning of book with approbations by R. Avraham Yaakov Friedman of Sadigura and R. Avraham Twersky of Trisk, and without [1] leaf of errata at end, added to some copies only.
• Divrei Elimelech, on the Torah and the festivals, part I on the books Bereshit-Vayikra, and part II on the books Bamidbar-Devarim, by Rebbe Elimelech Shapira Rabbi of Grodzisk. Warsaw: Meir Yechiel Halter / Schuldberg Brothers, 1890-1891. First edition. Both parts in one volume. Divisional title pages.
Handwritten dedication on the endpaper.
240, [2], 241-504 pages. 26 cm. Dry, somewhat brittle paper. Good condition. Stains. Minor marginal tears to several leaves. Stamps. New leather binding.


Rebbe Elimelech Shapira of Grodzisk (1824-1892), son of Rebbe Chaim Meir Yechiel, the "Saraf of Mogielnica", and grandson of the Maggid of Kozhnitz and R. Elimelech of Lizhensk. Leading rebbe and tzaddik in Poland.

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