SHAPIRA (SPIRA), TZVI ELIMELECH of Dynov. Bnei Yissaschar [chassidic and kabbalistic discourses on the Sabbath, New Moon and the Festivals]

AUCTION 14 | Tuesday, November 13th, 2001 at 1:00

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SHAPIRA (SPIRA), TZVI ELIMELECH of Dynov. Bnei Yissaschar [chassidic and kabbalistic discourses on the Sabbath, New Moon and the Festivals]

FIRST EDITION. Two parts in two volumes. Part I printed without a title page. I: ff.116. II: ff.(1),24, 72. Light stains in places. Later morocco. 4to Vinograd, Zolkiew 959 & 1011

Zolkiew: n.p. 1846-50

Est: $3,000 - $4,000

PRICE REALIZED $4,250

The encyclopedic Bnei Yissaschar has been acclaimed a monumental achievement of Chassidic thought. The Author, R. Tzvi Elimelech Shapira, popularly known as “Hersh Melech,” was a disciple of the Chozeh (“Seer”) of Lublin. He instructed every Jew to study the Kabbalah, for “through mysticism, the Jews will be Redeemed, even prior to the appointed time, thus avoiding the birth-pangs of the Messiah.” See Z. Rabinowicz, The Encyclopedia of Hasidism (1996) pp.451-2