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(CHASSIDISM). SHAPIRA (SPIRA), TZVI ELIMELECH OF DYNOV.  Bnei Yissaschar [mystical discourses on the Sabbath, New Moon and the Festivals] FIRST EDITION.  Volume II (of 2), on the months of Tishrei-Adar. Printed without a title page (in order to conceal from the municipal censor the printing location. See Ohel Naftali p. 99, Warsaw, 1911). Volume 2 was printed prior to Volume 1. ff. 116 (mispaginated). Browned and stained in places, opening leaf worn and detached. Later boards. 4to. From the library of Grand Rabbi Dovid Yitzhak Eizik Rabinowitz, The Admo’r of Skolya (1898-1979). Vinograd, Zolkiew 959; Mehlman 1181; Stefansky, Chassiduth 91. Zolkiew, n.p., 1846. A Fundamental Chassidic Work. The Author, R. Tzvi Elimelech Shapira, popularly known as R. Hersh Melech, was a disciple of the Chozeh of Lublin. He instructed that all Jews should study the Kabbalah, for “through mysticism, the Jews will be redeemed, even prior to the appointed time, thus avoiding the birth-pangs of the Messiah.” See T. M. Rabinowicz, The Encyclopedia of Hasidism (1996) pp. 451-2. This volume bound with: Sepher Or HaChaim. With commentary Ma’ayan Ganim by R. Tzvi Elimelech Shapira of Dinov. FIRST EDITION.  Zolkiew, 1848. *  For a complete 2-volume first edition of the Bnei Yissaschar, see: https://www.genazym.com/auction/620-grand-winter-event-en/lot-125-19/