Auction 93 Part 2 - Ancient Books, Chassidic and Kabbalistic Books, Manuscripts and Letters

Rav Tuv – By the Yitav Lev – Lviv, 1889 – Copy of R. Yosef Elimelech Kahana Rabbi of Ungvar, with His Signatures

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Rav Tuv LeBeit Yisrael, on the Torah, by Rebbe Yekutiel Yehuda Teitelbaum Rabbi of Sighet, the Yitav Lev. Lviv: Yaakov Meshulam Ehrenpreis, 1889. First edition.
On the title page, signatures and ownership inscriptions of R. Yosef Elimelech Kahana Rabbi of Ungvar, who received the book from his brother R. David.


R. Yosef Elimelech Kahana (1866-1944, perished in the Holocaust), was a leading rabbi and yeshiva dean in Hungary. Disciple of R. Shlomo Ganzfried author of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, and of the Shevet Sofer. He served as Rabbi of Hernád-Zsadány (Zsadány), Bonyhád, Tzelem (Deutschkreutz), and eventually, Ungvar (Uzhhorod) and the region. In all these places, he headed a large yeshiva and taught thousands of disciples. His renowned disciples include R. Shmuel HaLevi Wosner, R. Menasheh Klein Rabbi of Ungvar, and others.


[1], 181, [1] leaves. 25.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Wear and tears. Marginal open tears to title page. New leather binding.


Including final leaf, with two letters from the Yitav Lev.

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