Aryeh Judah Leib (The Mochi’ach) of Polonnoye. Kol Aryeh [collected sermons and exegetical commentaries to the Pentateuch and Prophets]

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(CHASSIDISM).

Aryeh Judah Leib (The Mochi’ach) of Polonnoye. Kol Aryeh [collected sermons and exegetical commentaries to the Pentateuch and Prophets]

FIRST EDITION. Printed on blue-tinted paper ff. (1), 55 (i.e. 65). Few light stains in places, generally a clean copy. Reccent morocco-backed boards. Sm. 4to Vinograd, Koretz 94

Koretz: Abraham ben Isaac Izak 1798

Est: $1,500 - $2,000

PRICE REALIZED $1,500

A popular preacher and Chassidic exegete in Poland, R. Aryeh Leib may have been the first of the early Chassidim to accept the charismatic leadership of the Ba’al Shem Tov. The main theme of his sermons was moral exhortation for a simple, pious life. He disapproved of casuistic methods of learning and emphasized the primacy of prayer in the scale of religious values. His sermons and excegetical commentaries were collected and published post-humously by his followers. See Z. Rabinowicz, The Encyclopedia of Hasidism (1996) p.26