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Nachalah LeYisrael / Maaseh Yechiel / Responsa Hadar – Collection of Books by Rabbi Yechiel Michel Hibner

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Three books by R. Yechiel Michel Hibner, Rabbi of Nyzhniv:


• Nachalah LeYisrael, halachic and aggadic novellae and responsa. Lviv, 1876. Only edition. Lengthy gloss on one of the last leaves. Ownership inscription on endpaper of "R. Mendel, dayan in Tarnów". On title page, stamp and signature of R. Moshe Chaim Weiss of Kleinwardein (Kisvárda) [author of Brit Moshe on the Smag; d. 1922].
This book was printed in a series of diverse booklets. Does not contain Ketz HaYamin (attributed to the Tzemach Tzedek) which is found in very few copies.
• Responsa Hadar, Part II of Hilula DeRabbi, Mahadura Tinyana. Przemyśl, 1898. Missing leaves 9-12 of first sequence. Contains Dovev Siftei Yeshenim at end of book, eulogies for the Yitav Lev, Zidichov rebbes and others.
- Bound before it: Binyamin Ze'ev Acharon, Part III, halachic novellae and responsa by R. Binyamin Ze'ev Willer of Jarosław. Przemyśl, 1903.
• Sheloshah Sefarim Niftachim – Maaseh Yechiel on the Torah, Meichal HaMayim on Tehillim and Meichla DeAsvata, notes and letters. Satmar, [1907]. First edition. Handwritten glosses and corrections.
- Bound before it: Chayei Aryeh, Part I, responsa and novellae on the Talmud, and Part II, twenty homilies on festivals and aggadot by R. Chaim Aryeh Leib Horowitz, Rabbi of Cracow. Cracow, 1890. On title page, signature and stamp of R. Moshe Chaim Weiss of Kleinwardein (Kisvárda) [author of Brit Moshe on the Smag; d. 1922].


The author, R. Yechiel Michel Hibner (1834-1907), Rabbi of Nyzhniv in the Stanislav (Ivano-Frankivsk) region. An outstanding Torah scholar, he was a follower of the Rebbes of Stretin, Premishlan, Vizhnitz, Belz and others. Eulogized many of the Torah scholars and rebbes of his generation.


3 books (with two additional books). Varying size and condition. Old, worn bindings.

Chassidic and Kabbalistic Books
Chassidic and Kabbalistic Books