Volume containing the twelve issues of the Tevunah anthology, published by R. Yisrael Salanter, founder of the Musar movement. Memel-Königsberg: A. Salomon, 1861-1868.
Copy of R. Shmuel Salant, Rabbi of Jerusalem and childhood friend of R. Yisrael Salanter, who studied alongside him under R. Tzvi Hirsch Brody (ca. 1830).
Stamps and signatures of R. "Shmuel Salant" on endpaper and title page of issue 1, and handwritten inscription and signature of his grandson R. Yechiel Michel Tucazinsky from 1894 stating that it was lent to him by R. Shmuel Salant. On margins of issues, learned glosses handwritten by R. Yechiel Michel Tucazinsky.

R. Shmuel Salant (1816-1909), immigrated from Salant to Eretz Israel in 1841 to serve as posek and rabbi of the Perushim community of disciples of the Vilna Gaon in Jerusalem. His father-in-law R. Yosef Zundel Salant immigrated to Jerusalem in the same period. In his capacity as rabbi of Jerusalem, a position he held for close to seventy years, he founded the educational and charitable institutions in the city, established the Beit Din and strengthened the Ashkenazi community. He was renowned for his brilliance and pragmatic approach to halachic ruling and in running communal matters in Jerusalem and worldwide.

R. Yisrael Lipkin Salanter (1810-1883), founder of the Musar movement. He stood at the helm of many enterprises for strengthening study of Torah and Musar in various countries. In the 1860s, he decided to concentrate his efforts on countries influenced by Haskalah, to bolster Torah observance and study of Torah and Musar. He lived for several years in Königsberg (present-day Kaliningrad) and Memel (present-day Klaipėda), Eastern Prussia, and travelled around delivering sermons in German, drawing people closer to Torah observance. In order to raise the prestige of Torah, he established a forum for publishing Torah novellae and Musar teachings, in form of the Tevunah anthology, published in 1861, printing 12 issues – all contained in the present volume.

[2] leaves, 3-104 pages (without printed wrappers apart from one colorful wrapper at the beginning of the volume, apparently printed for the binding of all 12 issues). 22 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and heavy wear. Ownership stamps and censorship stamps. Original binding.
One of the first Torah periodicals to be printed, and the first in Eastern Europe.

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