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Nachalat Shimon (Disciple of Rebbe Elimelech of Lizhensk) – Łaszczów, 1815 – First Edition - Sefer Nachalat Shimon, ethical and Chassidic essays on the weekly Torah portions, by the Holy Rebbe Shimon Deutsch Ashkenazi Rabbi of Dobromyl, disciple of Rebbe Elimelech of Lizhensk. [Łaszczów: printer not indicated, 1815]. First edition. This first edition was published by a disciple of the author, R. Shmuel of Premisla (Przemyśl), and does not contain Torah thoughts on Parashat Bereshit. At the end of the book of Shemot (p. 20b of the first sequence), the publisher relates to this, offering his assumption that the author's decision not to elaborate on the ten generations between Adam and Noach was based on profound kabbalistic reasons. (It must be noted that the second edition of the book, Polonne 1821, contains novellae to Parashat Bereshit as well as to other Torah portions which do not appear in the first edition. These additions were included in the Polonne 1821 edition only, whilst subsequent editions follow the first edition and omit the additions). [4], 20, 38 pages. 17.7 Cm. Stefansky Chassidut, no. 390.