Minchat Chinuch, a wide-ranging commentary to Sefer HaChinuch on the 613 commandments, by R. Yosef Babad Rabbi of Tarnopol. Part II. Vilna, 1924. "New, corrected edition".
Many stamps of Rebbe "Elisha Halberstam Rabbi of Gorlitz and the region". A missing line of text on p. 63 of the second sequence (print defect) was replaced in handwriting.
Rebbe Elisha Halberstam of Gorlitz (1860-1941, perished in Siberia), leading Galician rebbe. Reputedly, his features resembled those of his grandfather, the Divrei Chaim, and he was renowned for his adherence to truth. He was the son of Rebbe Baruch of Gorlitz (son of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz), and son-in-law of his uncle Rebbe Mordechai Dov of Hornostaipil – he married his daughter Yocheved (whose grandfather the Divrei Chaim dubbed "my intelligent granddaughter"). He served as rabbi of Crasna, and following his father's passing in 1906, he succeeded him as rabbi of Gorlitz (Gorlice). He first refused to serve as rebbe, and only following the passing of his brother R. Tzvi Hirsh of Rudnik in 1918, did he agree to assume the mantle of leadership. During WWII he was in exile in Siberia, where he continued observing Torah with exceptional devotion, until the toll of slave labor and cold weather overcame him and his soul ascended to Heaven during the Passover Seder, upon reaching the piyyut VaYehi BaChatzi HaLayla. His composition Imrei Noam was lost in Siberia.
[1], 147-300, 1-244 pages (lacking last leaf, with "Comments by R. Meir Simcha Kohen of Dvinsk"). 39 cm. Good condition. Stains. Some tears and wear. Worming to inner margins. Small tear to corner of leaf 32 of second sequence, affecting text. New leather binding.