STEINHARTZ, NATHAN OF NEMIROV. Sepher Likutei Tephiloth

(CHASSIDISM)

(Lemberg

c.1860)

Two parts in one volume

Vinograd, Lemberg, 1597 (with an extra final leaf not called for by Vinograd)

Original prayers based upon the Likutei Mohara”n by R. Nachman of Breslov. Rabbi Nachman (1772-1810), was one of the most pivotal and enigmatic figures within the early Chassidic Movement and continues to fascinate spiritual seekers to this day. His grave in Uman, Ukraine, attracts tens of thousands of pilgrims annually, especially on Rosh HaShanah. R. Nachman was the great-grandson of R. Israel Ba’al Shem Tov, founder of the Chassidic Movement. (Nachman’s mother Feige was the daughter of the Ba’al Shem’s daughter Udel). Rabbi Nathan Sternhartz of Nemirov (1780-1845) was Rabbi Nachman’s major disciple, who preserved his master’s teachings. He states in the present work that his teacher instructed him to develop his Torah-teachings into prayers. Thus the present prayers follow the order of the the Likutei Mohara”n teachings. See: See G. Scholem, Kuntress Eileh Shemoth Siphrei Mohara”n (1928), no. 61b; Tz.M. Rabinowicz, The Encyclopedia of Hasidism (1996), pp.335-8; EJ, Vol. XII, cols. 782-7