Auction 82 - Part I - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Yismach Moshe - Lviv, 1848-1861 - First Edition - Signatures and Stamps

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Complete set (five parts in five volumes) of Yismach Moshe on the Torah - Chassidic and Kabbalistic homiletics, following the order of the weekly Torah portions, by R. Moshe Teitelbaum Rabbi of Ujhel (Sátoraljaújhely). Parts I-V, on the Books of Bereshit, Shemot, Vayikra, Bamidbar and Devarim. Lviv, 1848-1861. First edition of all five parts, with a separate title page for each part.
The Yismach Moshe series was prepared for print by the author's grandson and close disciple, Rebbe Yekutiel Yehuda Teitelbaum Rabbi of Sighet, author of Yitav Lev, and his glosses and additions, introduced with the words "so said the editor", are included in several places. A brief foreword by the Yitav Lev was printed at the beginning of the Bereshit volume. Approbations by the Divrei Chaim and the Yitav Lev were printed at the beginning of the Bamidbar and Devarim volumes.
The author, R. Moshe Teitelbaum Rabbi of Ujhel (1759-1841), was the progenitor of the Sighet and Satmar dynasties, as well as other prominent Chassidic dynasties.
Stamp on the title page of the Shemot volume: "Yechezkel Banet Rabbi of Varahl" (R. Yechezkel Banet [1861-1913], grandson of R. Shlomo Ganzfried author of Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, served as rabbi of Szinyérváralja, where he established a prominent yeshiva).
Stamp on the title page of the Bamidbar volume: "Aharon Mordechai Lieberman Rabbi of Félegyháza" (R. Aharon Mordechai Lieberman Rabbi of Yarmut, served as rabbi of Félegyháza from 1928, perished in the Holocaust in 1944).
Signatures and stamps on the endpapers and title page of Bereshit volume.
Five volumes. Bereshit: [1], 117 leaves. Shemot: 74, 77-90 leaves. Lacking leaves 75-76. Vayikra: 42 leaves. Bamidbar: [1], 49 leaves. Devarim: 72, [1] leaves. Some volumes misfoliated. 22.5-25.5 cm. Overall good to good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Traces of past dampness with moldstains in vol. II. Open tears, affecting text in several places, repaired with paper. Wear and many tears to first leaves of Bamidbar volume, affecting title border, repaired with paper. Worming, affecting text in several places. Margins trimmed, affecting text in several places. Printing defect to one leaf of Shemot vol., affecting text. Stamps and handwritten inscriptions. New leather bindings.
Stefansky Chassidut, nos. 239, 240.
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