Avraham Teomim. Evel Gadol [eulogy for R. Yisrael of Ruzhin]

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(CHASSIDISM).

Avraham Teomim. Evel Gadol [eulogy for R. Yisrael of Ruzhin]

<<First Edition.>> Also includes a responsa concerning bones that were found during construction (f. 17b). ff. (1), 30. Some staining, slight worming to opening three leaves, small marginal hole on additional four leaves not affecting text. Modern boards. Lg. 4to. Y. Raphael, Encyclopedia LeChassiduth, col. 38-39; Stefansky, Chassiduth 1.

Lemberg: M. Paremba 1851

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $550

Grand Rabbi Yisrael Friedman of Ruzhin (1796-1850), was one of the most important figures of the early Chassidic movement. His pedigree extended back to the famed Maggid of Mezritch the successor to R. Yisrael Ba’al Shem Tov, founder of the Chassidic movement. After being falsely denounced to the Czarist government, R. Yisrael was forced in 1845 to flee across the border to Austrian Galicia, re-establishing his court in the town of Sadigura, where a palatial residence was erected. See D. Assaf, The Regal Way: The Life and Times of Rabbi Israel of Ruzhin (2002).