Heschel, Abraham Joshua. Oheiv Yisrael [homilies on Pentateuch and Festivals, and collectanea]

Estimate: $1,500–$2,000
Hammer price: $2,400

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author

(CHASSIDISM)

printer

Chanina Lipa and Joshua Heschel Shapiro

Place

Zhitomir

Publication

1863

Description

FIRST EDITION.

references

Vinograd, Zhitomir 299

summary

R. Abraham Joshua Heschel, rabbi of Apt (the "Apter Rav") and later Mezhbizh was one of the most esteemed figures within the early Chassidic movement. His book, Oheiv Yisrael (“Lover of Israel”), is a profound collection of Chassidic homilies. Grand Rabbi Chaim Halberstam of Sanz is recorded to have declared of the Oheiv Yisrael: “A Jew should even pawn his Sabbath garments to acquire a copy of such a work.” See H. M. Rabinowicz, Hasidism: The Movement and Its Masters (1988) pp. 138-9.

ff. (1), 117. Some staining and foxing. Later boards. 4to

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