TWERSKY, DAVID OF TALNA. Magen David [Chassidic discourses]

Estimate: $1,000–$1,200
Hammer price: $850

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author

(CHASSIDISM)

printer

Chanina Lipa and Joshua Heschel Shapira

Place

Zhitomir

Publication

1852

Description

FIRST EDITION. Two title pages, one in red

references

Vinograd, Zhitomir 102; T. Z. Rabinowicz, The Encyclopedia of Hasidism, p. 502-03

summary

The reknowned Chassidic leader known affectionately as R. Dovid'l of Talna was a son of R. Mordechai of Chernobyl. Similar to R. Israel of Ruzhin, R. Dovid'l lived in splendor in a palatial residence. According to Rabinowicz, "he even owned a golden throne, inscribed with the words David Melech Yisrael Chai Vekayam." His great-great grandson, was the late Isadore Twersky, Chairman of Judaic Studies at Harvard and son-in-law of Rabbi J. B. Soloveitchik of Boston

ff. 120. Slight staining. Modern morocco. 4to

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