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Collection of Ger Chassidic Books – Chidushei HaRim and Responsa HaRim / Sefat Emet on the Torah / And More
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Collection of Ger Chassidic books, including first edition of Sefat Emet on the Torah – by the second Rebbe of Ger, Responsa HaRim by his grandfather the first Rebbe of Ger (with a notable bibliographical discovery), and more:
• Responsa HaRim, responsa and novellae by Rebbe Yitzchak Meir Alter of Ger, author of Chidushei HaRim. Józefów, 1867. First edition of the first printed work of the Chidushei HaRim of Ger.
With nine additional leaves that are bibliographically unknown: [1] leaf with addenda (between leaves 92-93) and 8 leaves with errata (printed at the end of the book). These are absent from all facsimile reproductions of the first edition of Responsa HaRim, but were introduced in the corrected 1882 edition.
Stamps of Rebbe of Wielopole "Moshele son of R. David Aryeh Brizel of Rzeszów, of Jerusalem…". Ownership inscriptions of philanthropist R. "Shmuel Rosinowitz of Serock".
Responsa HaRim is known as a Segulah book. Reputedly, an 1867 plague was stopped by its printing.
• Chidushei HaRim on Choshen Mishpat, Part I, by Rebbe Yitzchak Meir Alter of Ger. Warsaw, 1870. First edition.
• Meir Einei HaGolah, Part I, Torah novellae and biography of Rebbe Yitzchak Meir Alter of Ger, by R. Avraham Yissachar Binyamin Eliyahu Alter. Piotrków, [1928].
• Sefat Emet on Bereshit-Bamidbar, by Rebbe Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter of Ger. Piotrków, 1905-1906; Cracow, 1906. First edition. Four volumes (of five, without Devarim part).
• Sefat Emet, Part II, on Shemot. [Warsaw, ca. 1925].
Rebbe Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter of Ger (Góra Kalwaria; 1847-1905), second Gerrer Rebbe, an outstanding Chassidic rebbe and Jewish leader in his times. Under his leadership, Ger became the largest and most influential Chassidic dynasty in Poland. He is widely known by the name of his books – the Sefat Emet series on the Torah, the Talmud and other topics.
The Sefat Emet on the Torah is renowned for its depth and originality, and has become a classic Chassidic commentary on the Torah. It is likely the most popular Chassidic book accepted in all Jewish circles, including non-Chassidic communities such as the Lithuanian yeshiva circles and others. The name Sefat Emet was chosen from a verse he cited from Mishlei in his last discourse, a few weeks before his passing.
8 volumes. Varying size and condition. New bindings. The books have not been thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.
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