Abraham Dov Ber of Ovruch. Bath Ayin [homilies to the Pentateuch]

The author was the disciple of R. Nachum of Chernobyl and colleague of Zushye of Annapoli. In 1830 he migrated to Eretz Israel where he became the leader of the Chassidic Community in Safed. There, he survived pogrom, intense economic destitution and earthquake, only to fall victim to the plague in 1841. He left no children. The Bath Ayin is his literary legacy, replete with lyrical hymns in praise of the Holy Land. Although this is the second edition it contains material not included in the Jerusalem, 1847 edition.