Amazing! The books of the Rabbi of Talna, first edition. A great virtue for medicine and salvation

Amazing! The books of the Rabbi of Talna, first edition. A great virtue for medicine and salvation

Amazing! The books of the Rabbi of Talna, first edition. A great virtue for medicine and salvation

Magen David – Rabbi David of Tolna – Zhitomir, 1852 – First Edition 

Magen David, Chassidic essays on the Torah portions and festivals, by Rebbe David Twersky of Tolna. Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa, R. Aryeh Leib and R. Yehoshua Heshel Shapira, 1852. First edition.

Two title pages, the second printed in red and black.

240, [1] pages. Approx. 21 cm. Good condition. Stains, missing page 93-94

Stefansky Chassidut, no. 334.

Very rare sefer segula! Sefer 'Birkat David' by the Holy Rabbi David of Tolna, an abundance of blessings from the holy author. Shapiro Press. Zhytomyr 1862. 

First edition. Partners Rabbi Chanina Lipa and Rabbi Yehoshua Heschel Shapiro Press. Zhytomyr 1862. 

First and rare edition, published during the life of the author, with his holy full blessings at the end of the introduction of the wonderful sefer.

At the beginning of the introduction, he detailed his dedication explicitly: "רבים משתוקקים וצמאים ליהנות מפניני לקוטים דבורי תורה אשר השפיע ה' בפי לעורר לבבות בני ישראל לעבודתו ית"ש מקרב איש ולב עמוק...."

And the holy author Rabbi David of Tolna continues and expands his dedication with holy and uplifting words.

 [1], 72 pages. 21 cm. very good condition

Kehillas Dovid by Harav Dovid of Tolna. First Edition. Lublin, 1882. 

Commentary & Torah novellae on the Torah and Mo’adim by Harav Hakadosh Dovid of Tolna.

In his preface, the author inscribes a message that he repeated every Shabbos: “G-d has placed me as a spokesperson to guide the Congregation of Israel along the straight path, to bind them in eternal ropes to perform the will of our Father in heaven.”

The Admor Harav Dovid of Tolna’s sefarim, among them Magen Dovid (Zhitomir, 1852), Birkas Dovid (Zhitomir, 1862) and his final work, Kehillas Dovid (Lublin, 1882) are unique in that he not only authored and edited them exclusively by himself, as opposed to involving one of his disciples in the project, but that he also printed and published them by himself.

Lublin, 1882. First edition. 172 sides. Page size: 22 cm. Good condition

Luxurious copies, with new leather covers

Rebbe David Twersky of Tolna (1808-1882) began serving as rebbe after the passing of his father Rebbe Mordechai of Chernobyl, in 1837. He was one of the foremost leaders of Ukrainian Jewry, and a rebbe to thousands of Chassidim. His court in Vasilkov (Vasylkiv), and later in Tolna (Talne), was one of the largest and most prominent in his times. Reputedly, many were aroused to repentance from hearing his teachings, including numerous maskilim. R. David was the sixth of the eight illustrious sons of R. Mordechai of Chernobyl. The latter stated: "I and my sons descended to this world to repair the souls of the deceased and the living" (R. Yeshaya Wolf Tzikernik, Sipurim Nifla'im UMaamarim Yekarim, Lviv 1908, p. 6). Rebbe Aharon of Belz would speak of the brothers' exceptional holiness in effusive terms, and stated in the name of his father Rebbe Yissachar Dov: "We cannot conceive the magnitude of their stature", and once, when R. Aharon of Belz mentioned them, his hands shook, and he exclaimed: "They were truly angels… entirely angels…" (Beito Naava Kodesh, Nisan, p. 123).