Naphtali Tzvi Horowitz of Ropshitz. Zera Kodesh [Chassidic discourses on Torah, Festivals and the Hagadah]

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Naphtali Tzvi Horowitz of Ropshitz. Zera Kodesh [Chassidic discourses on Torah, Festivals and the Hagadah]

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Two parts bound in one volume. With approbations of R. Joseph Saul Nathanson and R. Chaim Halberstam of Sanz. ff. (2), 124; (1), 120. Browned and stained, marginal repair on final leaf not affecting text, slight worming to a few leaves. Modern marbled boards. 8vo. Stefansky, Chassiduth 208.

Lemberg: U. Z. Salat 1868

Est: $5,000 - $7,000

Born on the very day that the Baal Shem Tov died, R. Naphtali Tzvi of Ropshitz (1760-1827) was a crucial figure in the development of Galician Hassidism. A disciple of R. Elimelech of Lizhensk, R. Menachem Mendel of Rymanov and the Chozeh of Lublin, over time he grew to have tens of thousands of followers. His children, who each founded their own dynasties, included R. Avraham Chaim of Linsk, R. Ya’akov of Melitz, R. Eliezer of Dzhikov and Ratza, wife of Rebbe Asher Yeshaya Rubin of Ropshitz. The dynastic offshoots of the Ropshitz dynasty founded by R. Naphtali Tzvi are most extensive.