Heschel, Abraham Joshua. Oheiv Yisrael ["Lover of Israel": homilies on Pentateuch and Festivals, and collectanea]

AUCTION 49 | Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters and Graphic Art

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Lot 86

(CHASSIDISM)

Heschel, Abraham Joshua. Oheiv Yisrael ["Lover of Israel": homilies on Pentateuch and Festivals, and collectanea]

FIRST EDITION ff. (1), 117. Ex-library. Some staining and foxing. Recent boards. 4to Vinograd, Zhitomir 299

Zhitomir: Chanina Lipa and Joshua Heschel Shapiro 1863

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $2,000

R. Abraham Joshua Heschel, rabbi of Apt and later Mezhbizh, was one of the most esteemed figures within the early Chassidic movement and the progenitor of the Kopitchnitzer dynasty of Chassidism. See H. M. Rabinowicz, Hasidism: The Movement and Its Masters (1988) pp. 138-9