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(CHASSIDISM). (SANZ / SADIGORA CONTROVERSY). Five works in five volumes. * 1. Kenesseth HaGedolah VeDivrei Chachamim. pp. 1-32, 25-80. Complete as issued. Lemberg, 1869. * 2. Rama”z. Yalkut HaRo'im. pp. 48. (bottom of title page repaired). Odessa, 1869. * 3. Ma'amar Shever Posh'im. pp. (4), 32 (lacking pp. 27-30). Lemberg, 1869. FIRST EDITION. Rare. Most copies of this first edition were destroyed and it was later republished with other pamphlets under the name Yalkut HaRo’im (see item above). * 4. Ma'amar Shever Posh'im. pp. 49-80. Odessa, 1870. * 5. Mashpil Ge'im. pp. 16. Ungvar, n.d. Some wear, first and last volume wormed. Modern boards. 8vo. v.p., v.d These volumes all concern themselves with the controversy between the two Galician Chassidic dynasties of Sanz and Sadigora. At the center of the controversy lies the tragic figure of R. Dov Baer Friedman of Liova (1817-76) - son of R. Yisrael Friedman, the famed Rebbe of Rhizin (and later Sadigor) - who turned from Chassidic Rebbe to Maskil. This act, seen as apostasy, brought down the wrath of R. Chaim Halberstam of Sanz upon the entire Rhiziner dynasty. When in turn, Nissan Bak and other Rhiziner Chassidim in Jerusalem declared a cherem on R. Chaim Halberstam, numerous outraged rabbinical figures (including many Mithnagdic rabbis) rose to the defense of their colleague, R. Chaim Halberstam, considered one of the ”Poskei Hador.” (Lengthier description available upon request). For details concerning this controversy, see Y. Raphael, Aresheth, Vol. VI pp. 211-21 and especially D. Assaf, Hezitz VeNifga (2012). Various attempts have been made to solve the mystery of the identity of the editor (Rama”z), see S. Chajes, Otzar Beduyei Hashem, p. 290 and Ch. Liberman, Ohel Rachel III, pp. 400-405 especially n. 8.