Tur Orach Chaim, Part III. Warsaw, 1882.
Stamps of the Akedat Yitzchak, Rebbe of Alexander, on the title page and subsequent leaf: "Yitzchak Menachem son of the Rebbe of Alexander". Several inscriptions on the title page, some attesting that the book belongs to the rebbe of Alexander.
Rebbe Yitzchak Menachem Danziger of Alexander (1880-1942), a leading rebbe of his times. He received his education from his grandfather, Rebbe Yechiel, founder of the Alexander dynasty, his father Rebbe Shmuel Tzvi of Alexander, author of Tiferet Shmuel, and his uncle R. Yerachmiel Yisrael Yitzchak author of Yismach Yisrael.
He was appointed rebbe in 1924, after seventy of the most prominent rabbis of Poland who were his father's Chassidim asked him to head the dynasty. The Alexander court expanded greatly under his leadership, until it comprised tens of thousands of Chassidim. He founded the large Beit Yisrael network of yeshivot together with his brother R. Avraham Chaim Danziger, in the memory of his uncle the Yismach Yisrael. He was murdered in the Holocaust together with all his children and grandchildren, leaving behind no survivors to perpetuate this illustrious family. After the Holocaust, the remaining Alexander Chassidim gathered together and appointed his cousin R. Yehuda Moshe Thieberg as their rebbe. The remnants of his teachings were compiled by his Chassidim after the Holocaust, and published in the book Akedat Yitzchak.
[2], 63-377 leaves. Volume begins with leaf 63 (section 308), preceded by the title page and foreword leaf. Lacking first 1-62 leaves. 37.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Several detached leaves. Original leather binding, with damage, torn spine.