Tosfot Chaim, Chassidic commentary on the Torah and Festivals, by Rabbi Chaim Yosef Brookstein, Part 1 – on Bereshit, Part 2 – on Shemot-Vayikra, Chernivtsi, 1861-1862.
Part 3 (called Part 2) – on Bamidbar-Devarim, Part 4 – Homilies on the Festivals and times. Lemberg 1862. First edition.
Various ownership signatures: "Menachem ben Rabbi Moshe", "Aharon Zvi Keller" and a long handwritten dedication and signature of Rabbi Aharon Zvi Keller. Additional signatures and handwritten glosses [on Leaf 36/a is a gloss written "…during Chol HaMoed Pesach 1876"].
Rabbi Aharon Zvi Keller (1860-1928), Av Beit Din of Shamkot was a disciple of the Chatam Sofer. Son of Rabbi Azriel Isaac, Av Beit Din of Shamkot, and son-in-law of Rabbi Ya'akov Koppel Lichtenstein, Av Beit Din of Vašarelj. Taught in Vašarelj and in Deggendorf. After his father's death in 1904, he succeeded him as Av Beit Din of Shamkot.
Author: Rabbi Chaim Yosef Brookstein (died in 1865, Otzar HaRabbanim 6367), Torah genius and Chassid known for his holiness, Rabbi in Pystan, disciple of Ba'al HaTanya and Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichov. His book is a source for their ideas and the ideas of the rabbis of his generation whom the author knew.
[2], 36; [2], 42 leaves; [1], 16; 16; 22 leaves, 24.5 cm. Good condition, spotting, old worn binding.
Stefansky Chassidut no. 608-609. Variant – This copy has a different page-numbering and different title pages from the copy listed in the Bibliography Institute CD, listing no. 0122992.