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‘Sefat Emet’ by the holy Rabbi Yehuda Arye Leib of Gur. First edition. Piotrków – Krakow, 1905 -1908.
The Holy Rabbi Yehuda Arye Leib of Gur (1847 – 1905). from great chassidic sages. The holy sefer ‘Sefat Emet’, is from the most important basic Chassidic sefarim in he world of Chassidut. In his childhood he was orphaned from his father the Holy Rabbi Avraham Mordechai son of the Holy Chidushei Harim, and was therefore raised in the home of his holy grandfather. With the passing of his grandfather, the Chidushei Harim, the community laid their eyes on him, but he refused to be appointed as Rabbi and Admor and he basked in the shade of the Holy Rabbi Chanoch Henich of Alexander. In the year 1830 he started serving the Chassidic community of Gur. His Torah teachings on the weekly Parshiot and the festivals, he used to write himself every Sunday morning, while crowned with his Tefillin Rabbainu Tam. After his passing, these became the contents of a profound and founding sefer, from the most important sefarim in the Chassidic world: ‘Sefat Emet’.
*Sefer Breishit: 142 pages. Piotrkow, 1905. The optimal Press of R’ Shlomo Belchtovski. Paper tape on two first pages. Little worn.
*Sefer Shemot: 120 pages. Piotrkow, 1906. Belchtovski Press. Paper tape on the title page and on one inside page.
*Sefer Vayikra: 107 pages. Piotrkow, 1906. Belchtovski Press. Paper tape on the title page.
*Sefer Bamidbar: [1], 101 pages. Krakow, Shaul Chananye Deutcher Press, Podgórze near Krakaw, 1907. Golden title page. Very rare. Tens of single copies like this one were printed.
*Sefer Devarim: [1], 120 pages. Krakow, Shaul Chananye Deutcher Press, Podgórze near Krakaw, 1908. Pages a little worn.
Many ownership signatures: R’ Meir Chanoch HaKohen Varshbiak, son of the Ravd of Warsaw and member of Moetzet Gedolai HaTorah. R’ Shamuel Yaakov Yoskovitz, prominent Chassid of Gur in Tel Aviv, Shraga Feivel Silberberg, the elderly Chassid R’ Asher Anshel Meirsdorf and more.
Stained, few moth holes on some volumes. General condition good – very good.
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