Zohar Chadash, by the Tana R. Shimon bar Yochai. Zhovkva, [1804]. Edition with new glosses "to emend mistakes found in the previous printing in Amsterdam", by R. Yaakov son of R. Naftali Hertz of Brody.
Copy owned by the first Sochatchover Rebbe, author of Avnei Nezer, which was bequeathed to his heirs, eventually reaching the hands of his grandson, author of Chasdei David of Sochatchov.
The title page bears a stamp of R. Avraham Borenstein rabbi of Sochatchov (in Hebrew and Polish, slightly blurred). The front flyleaf bears a stamp of his grandson, R. "David son of the rebbe of Sochatchov Borenstein – here Visegrád".
Rabbi Avraham Borenstein (1839-1910), the first Sochatchover Rebbe, was one of the greatest Torah scholars and tzaddikim in his generation. Son-in-law of Rebbe Menachem Mendel "The Seraph" of Kotzk. During his tenure as rebbe leading thousands of Chassidim, he also served as yeshiva dean teaching his special method of Torah study (he writes in the introduction to his book that he received this study method from his father-in-law, Rebbe Mendel of Kotzk). Many Polish Torah scholars were his close disciples (the Chelkat Yo'av; R. Aryeh Zvi Frumer, the Gaon of Koziegłowy; R. Avraham Weinberg, author of Reshit Bikurim, and others). His books Responsa Avnei Nezer and Eglei Tal on the laws of Shabbat are basic texts of Torah study and halacha.
R. David Borenstein was born in Nasielsk in 1876, son of the Shem MiShmuel who was the son of the Avnei Nezer of Sochatchov. At the age of 20, he was appointed rabbi of Visegrád, where he managed a large yeshiva. After WWI, he moved to serve as rabbi of Tomashov and Zgierz. After the passing of his father in 1926, he was appointed rebbe, becoming one of the most prominent rebbes in Poland. He died in the Warsaw ghetto, in Kislev 1942. His children and grandchildren perished in the Holocaust. His many books and most of his writings on halachic and aggadic Talmudic topics (titled Chasdei David) were lost. A few leaves with commentaries on the Passover Haggadah survived and were printed under the title Chasdei David (printed at the end of the Shem MiShmuel Haggadah, Jerusalem 1947, published by his brother Rebbe Chanoch of Sochatchov).
[1], 2-142, [2] leaves. 23 cm. Soft, worn paper. Good-fair condition. Stains, a few tears and heavy wear. Repaired marginal damage to first two leaves. Library stamps. New leather binding.