Bidspirit auction | (CHASSIDISM). R. Yisrael of Ruzhin.

(CHASSIDISM). R. Yisrael of Ruzhin. Irin Kadishin [Chassidic discourses]. With additions by the author’s son, R. Avraham Ya’akov of Sadigora. Gilt title page. - Sefer Irin Kaddishin, an extremely rare copy with the gilt title page and an additional title page, First Edition Warsaw, 1885. Sefer Irin Kaddishin, compilation from Ateres Yisroel of Ruzhin and his son Rabbi Avraham Yaakov of Sadigur.  Aclassic Chassidic Sefer and a treasure trove from the kingdom of Ruzhin. Good condition. Signature of Icek Hirsz Mendelson. Born in 1869 in Warsaw, died in Zdunska Wola. Interesting signature: Bentzion Kenig of Rymanov, A Ruzin dynasty Chassid. Grand Rebbi Israel Friedman of Ruzhin (1796-1850), was one of the most important figures in the early Chassidic movement. His pedigree extended back to the famed Maggid of Mehzritch, R. Dov Baer, successor to R. Israel Ba’al Shem Tov, founder of the Chassidic movement. After being falsely denounced to the Tsarist government, R. Israel was forced to flee across the border to Austrian Galicia in 1845, reestablishing his court in the town of Sadigora, where a palatial residence was erected.R. Israel conveyed his teachings through short sometimes witty statements rather than lengthy discourses. His son, Rebbe Avraham Ya'akov succeeded his father R. Yisrael of Ruzhin after his elder brother R. Shalom Yosef died. As the oldest remaining son of the “Holy Ruzhiner” R. Avraham Ya'akov was the acknowledged leader of the dynasty. Today, the descendants of the Ruzhiner dynasty, most notably the Rebbes of Boyan, Sadigora, and Buhush (who have all relocated to Eretz Israel), continue to occupy positions of leadership in the Chassidic world. See D. Assaf, The Regal Way: The Life and Times of Rabbi Israel of Ruzhin (2002).