Lot 87:

Ohev Yisroel by the holy Rav of Apta (Opatow). Nosson Shriptgisser Press, Warsaw, [1881]. Rare.

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Ohev Yisroel by the holy Rav of Apta (Opatow). Nosson Shriptgisser Press, Warsaw, [1881]. Rare.

100 leaves. 22 cm. Stereotype printing of the Warsaw 1876 edition. Not in the National Library.

The holy Gaon Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heschel, the author of the Ohev Yisroel (1748-1825) was one of the greatest Chassidic rabbis, a leading disciple of the holy Rav Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk. Served as Rav of several important cities including Opatow and Mezhibuzh. In the last decade of his life he was the eldest Admor of his generation. Was known as a awe-inspiring wonder-worker. Many years after his passing, his Divrei Torah were printed in his holy books of Torat Emet (Lemberg, 1854) and in his famed book Ohev Yisroel (Zhytomyr, 1863). His grandson the publisher, the holy Rav Rabbi Meshulam Sussia of Djinkoz, explained in his foreword that the book was titled so due to his grandfather’s great love of Yisroel, adding that he had asked that in his tombstone words of praise should not be written except for ‘Ohev Yisroel’. Rabbi Yosef Shaul Nathanson, the author of Shoel UMeshiv, wrote in his approbation (of the Lvov edition): "…היה אוהב בכל לבו ונפשו כל ישראל, ובפרט להתלמידי חכמים היה מקרבם בכל עוז. ואבותינו ספרו לנו בעת שהיה כאן [לבוב] היו הכל כל גדולי ישראל שבעירינו, והיו משכימים ובאים אצלו, וראו נפלאות מתורתו…".

No binding. Detached title page. Ink stain on the title page concealing the owner’s signature. Minor blemishes to te edges of the title page. Fair-good condition.

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