Devar Halachah, responsa on the four parts of the Shulchan Aruch by R. Levi Yitzchak Teleshevsky, Rabbi of Nosivka. Berditchev: Chaim Yaakov Sheftel, 1897. First and only edition. Copy with additional title page (with additional approbations on reverse side) and rare title cover.
In the present copy are approbations from two grandsons of the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch, from the Liadi-Kopust branch of Chabad rebbes – the approbation of Rebbe Yitzchak Dov Ber (Maharid) Schneersohn of Liadi, and Rebbe Shalom Dov Ber Schneersohn of Rechytsa.
Additional approbations in the present copy from Rebbe Mordechai Dov Twersky of Hornostaipil [grandson of the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch and mechutan of Rebbe Shalom Dov Ber of Rechytsa], R. Yitzchak Perlow Rabbi of Vileyka, R. Refael son of Aryeh Leib Shapiro Rabbi of Babruysk and others.
On the margins of some leaves appear glosses, additions and novellae in the author's handwriting.
Ownership inscriptions on front endpaper.

The author, R. Levi Yitzchak son of R. Aharon Teleshevsky (d. 1908), served as Rabbi of a few important towns, culminating in Nosivka. After the passing of the Tzemach Tzedek, he traveled along with his father-in-law R. Avraham Meir Rabkin to study Torah and Chassidut under Rebbe Chaim Shneur Zalman Schneersohn of Liadi.

[1] title cover, [4], 4-41 leaves. Approx. 27 cm. Wide margins. Good-fair condition. Dry, brittle paper. Stains, creases and wear. Tears and open tears to margins and to endpaper. Old binding, damaged and worn.

Variant. After the title page is bound an additional, shorter title page, undocumented in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book Project. On the reverse side of this title page are printed approbations of Rebbe Yitzchak Dov Ber (Maharid) Schneersohn of Liadi, Rebbe Mordechai Dov Twersky of Hornostaipil and R. Yitzchak Perlow.
Rare. Has never before been auctioned.

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