SHAPIRA (SPIRA), TZVI ELIMELECH of Dynov. Bnei Yissaschar [chassidic and kabbalistic discourses on the Sabbath, New Moon and the Festivals]

(CHASSIDISM)

n.p.

Zolkiew

1846-50

FIRST EDITION. Two parts in two volumes. Part I printed without a title page.

Vinograd, Zolkiew 959 & 1011

The encyclopedic Bnei Yissaschar has been acclaimed a monumental achievement of Chassidic thought. The Author, R. Tzvi Elimelech Shapira, popularly known as “Hersh Melech,” was a disciple of the Chozeh (“Seer”) of Lublin. He instructed every Jew to study the Kabbalah, for “through mysticism, the Jews will be Redeemed, even prior to the appointed time, thus avoiding the birth-pangs of the Messiah.” See Z. Rabinowicz, The Encyclopedia of Hasidism (1996) pp.451-2