Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Tehillim Amarot Tehorot - Warsaw, 1838 - First Chassidic Commentary Printed on Tehillim
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Amarot Tehorot on Tehillim, by R. Eliezer ish Horowitz. Warsaw, 1838. The first Chassidic commentary printed on Tehillim.
R. Eliezer ish Horowitz Rabbi of Tarnogród (d. 1806, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut, I, pp. 257-259), a holy and eminent Torah scholar. Descendant of the Shelah, disciple of R. Yechiel Michel of Zlotchov and R. Elimelech of Lizhensk, and disciple-companion of the Chozeh of Lublin and the Maggid of Kozhnitz. The Chozeh of Lublin acclaims him: "…all his ways were for the sake of Heaven and to generate pleasure to G-d, and he was outstanding without equal, whether in Halacha or Aggada…". Author of Noam Megadim UChevod HaTorah. He died and was buried in Kozhnitz (Kozienice), after visiting the city and saying: "This is a proper city for burial".
Stamps on title page, including one with the wording: "Yerushat Avot" (inheritance).
[2], 67; 59 leaves. 20.5 cm. Printed in part on bluish paper. Good condition. Some stains. Worming (repaired on title page and second leaf), affecting text. Leaves trimmed close to text, affecting several page headings and slightly affecting text. Stamps. New leather binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 597.
R. Eliezer ish Horowitz Rabbi of Tarnogród (d. 1806, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut, I, pp. 257-259), a holy and eminent Torah scholar. Descendant of the Shelah, disciple of R. Yechiel Michel of Zlotchov and R. Elimelech of Lizhensk, and disciple-companion of the Chozeh of Lublin and the Maggid of Kozhnitz. The Chozeh of Lublin acclaims him: "…all his ways were for the sake of Heaven and to generate pleasure to G-d, and he was outstanding without equal, whether in Halacha or Aggada…". Author of Noam Megadim UChevod HaTorah. He died and was buried in Kozhnitz (Kozienice), after visiting the city and saying: "This is a proper city for burial".
Stamps on title page, including one with the wording: "Yerushat Avot" (inheritance).
[2], 67; 59 leaves. 20.5 cm. Printed in part on bluish paper. Good condition. Some stains. Worming (repaired on title page and second leaf), affecting text. Leaves trimmed close to text, affecting several page headings and slightly affecting text. Stamps. New leather binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 597.
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