Heschel, Abraham Joshua. Oheiv Yisrael ["Lover of Israel": homilies on Pentateuch and Festivals, and collectanea]

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

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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 and later Mezhbizh, was one of the most esteemed figures within the early Chassidic movement and the progenitor of the Kopitchnitzer dynasty of Chassidism. See H. M. Rabinowicz, Hasidism: The Movement and Its Masters (1988) pp. 138-9

ff. (1), 117. Ex-library. Some staining and foxing. Recent boards. 4to

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