Derech Emuna, Volumes 1-2, on the Torah and holidays (Bereshit Shemot and the Passover Haggadah), according to the Zohar and Chassidism. Rabbi Menachem Mendel Av Beit Din of Sihot (Siget). Chernivtsi (Tschernowitz), 1856-1857. Single edition. Two title pages. Bound with: Likutei Yekarim, by the Ba'al Shem Tov and his disciples. Lemberg, 1857.
Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Siget (died in 1834), was a foremost rabbi in Maramureş and a leading disciple of the Yismach Moshe, the Maggid of Koznitz and Rabbi Mendele of Kosava. He was ordained by Rabbi Meshulam Igra and served as Dayan in the Beit Din of Rabbi Ya'akov of Lissa. In 1802, he was appointed as Av Beit Din of Siget and was the first Chief Rabbi of the whole Maramureş region. His teacher, Rebbe Mendele of Kosava wanted to appoint him Rebbe but he refused and accepted the authority of his teacher's son, Rebbe Chaim of Kosava.
[4], 52 leaves; 50 leaves; 34 [2] leaves. 24.5 cm. Good-fair condition, spotting and wear. Inscriptions and signatures in the handwriting of Rabbi "Yosef Zvi ben Meir Ya'akov Kapil who dwells in Vilkhovitz", Rabbi "Avraham Isaac Yehuda Fried" and other signatures. Ancient worn binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 136.