Auction 72 - Rare and Important Items
Tehillim Amarot Tehorot – Warsaw, 1838 – First Chassidic Commentary Printed on Tehillim
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Amarot Tehorot on Tehillim, by R. Eliezer ish Horowitz. Warsaw, 1838. The first Chassidic commentary printed on Tehillim.
R. Eliezer ish Horowitz Rabbi of Tarnogród (d. 1806, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut, I, pp. 257-259), a holy and eminent Torah scholar. Descendant of the Shelah, disciple of R. Yechiel Michel of Zlotchov and R. Elimelech of Lizhensk, and disciple-companion of the Chozeh of Lublin and the Maggid of Kozhnitz. The Chozeh of Lublin acclaims him: "…all his ways were for the sake of Heaven and to give pleasure to G-d, and he was outstanding without equal, in halacha and aggada…". Author of Noam Megadim UChevod HaTorah. He died and was buried in Kozhnitz (Kozienice), after visiting the city and saying: "This is a proper city for burial".
[2], 67; 59 leaves. 21.5 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Small wormholes to margins, slightly affecting text in a few places. Stamps. New binding, with leather spine.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 597.
R. Eliezer ish Horowitz Rabbi of Tarnogród (d. 1806, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut, I, pp. 257-259), a holy and eminent Torah scholar. Descendant of the Shelah, disciple of R. Yechiel Michel of Zlotchov and R. Elimelech of Lizhensk, and disciple-companion of the Chozeh of Lublin and the Maggid of Kozhnitz. The Chozeh of Lublin acclaims him: "…all his ways were for the sake of Heaven and to give pleasure to G-d, and he was outstanding without equal, in halacha and aggada…". Author of Noam Megadim UChevod HaTorah. He died and was buried in Kozhnitz (Kozienice), after visiting the city and saying: "This is a proper city for burial".
[2], 67; 59 leaves. 21.5 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Small wormholes to margins, slightly affecting text in a few places. Stamps. New binding, with leather spine.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 597.
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