<<Avraham Yehoshua Heschel of Apt.>> Oheiv Yisrael [homilies and sermons].

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Lot 140

(CHASSIDISM).

<<Avraham Yehoshua Heschel of Apt.>> Oheiv Yisrael [homilies and sermons].

<<FIRST EDITION.>> ff. (1), 117. Some staining, opening three leaves detached, previous owner's marks (B. Schiff, Antwerp). Old boards, needs rebinding. Lg. 4to. Vinograd, Zhitomir 299.

Zhitomir: Chanina Lipa and Yehoshua Heschel Shapiro 1863

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $3,200

R. Abraham Joshua Heschel, rabbi of Apt (the "Apter Ruv") and later Mezhebizh was one of the most esteemed figures within the early Chassidic movement. Oheiv Yisrael (“Lover of Israel”), is a profound collection of Chassidic homilies. Grand Rabbi Chaim Halberstam of Sanz is recorded to have declared of the Oheiv Yisrael: “A Jew should even pawn his Sabbath garments to acquire a copy of such a work.” See H. M. Rabinowicz, Hasidism: The Movement and Its Masters (1988) pp. 138-9.