STEINHARTZ, NATHAN OF NEMIROV. Sepher Likutei Tephiloth

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Lot 90

(CHASSIDISM)

STEINHARTZ, NATHAN OF NEMIROV. Sepher Likutei Tephiloth

Two parts in one volume ff. 2 (of 8), 3-216, 99, (1). Lacking f. 2 and final six leaves of introduction, also first two leaves of the prayers. Title and some leaves variously frayed from over-use, final leaves repaired affecting text. Contemporary boards. 8vo * Bound with: Isaac Luria. Sepher HaKavanoth. ff. 80, 4. [Vinograd, Lemberg, 1909]. Lemberg, 1863.* And: Another work Vinograd, Lemberg, 1597 (with an extra final leaf not called for by Vinograd)

(Lemberg: c.1860)

Est: $1,200 - $1,800

Original prayers based upon the Likutei Mohara”n by R. Nachman of Breslov. Rabbi Nachman (1772-1810), was one of the most pivotal and enigmatic figures within the early Chassidic Movement and continues to fascinate spiritual seekers to this day. His grave in Uman, Ukraine, attracts tens of thousands of pilgrims annually, especially on Rosh HaShanah. R. Nachman was the great-grandson of R. Israel Ba’al Shem Tov, founder of the Chassidic Movement. (Nachman’s mother Feige was the daughter of the Ba’al Shem’s daughter Udel). Rabbi Nathan Sternhartz of Nemirov (1780-1845) was Rabbi Nachman’s major disciple, who preserved his master’s teachings. He states in the present work that his teacher instructed him to develop his Torah-teachings into prayers. Thus the present prayers follow the order of the the Likutei Mohara”n teachings. See: See G. Scholem, Kuntress Eileh Shemoth Siphrei Mohara”n (1928), no. 61b; Tz.M. Rabinowicz, The Encyclopedia of Hasidism (1996), pp.335-8; EJ, Vol. XII, cols. 782-7