Yismach Moshe - Bamidbar-Devarim - Lviv, 1861 - First Edition

Yismach Moshe, Chassidism, Kabbalah ...

Yismach Moshe - Bamidbar-Devarim - Lviv, 1861 - First Edition

Yismach Moshe, Chassidism, Kabbalah, homily and ethics on the Torah portions. Part IV, on Bamidbar-Devarim, by R. Moshe Teitelbaum Rabbi of Ujhel (Sátoraljaújhely). Lviv, 1861. First edition. With approbations by the Divrei Chaim Rebbe of Sanz and the Yitav Lev of Sighet (grandson of the author).

The author, R. Moshe Teitelbaum Rabbi of Ujhel (1759-1841), was the forerunner of the Sighet and Satmar dynasties, as well as other prominent Chassidic dynasties. He was renowned already in his youth as an outstanding Torah scholar, and even had the merit of studying in the Beit Midrash of the Gaon of Vilna. He served as rabbi of Shinova (Sieniawa) and Ujhel. He embraced Chassidism is his later years, and became a disciple of the Chozeh of Lublin and the Ohev Yisrael of Apta. From 1808, with his appointment as rabbi of Ujhel, he began disseminating Chassidism in Hungary. He was renowned is his time as a rebbe and wonder-worker, and dealt extensively in amulets. His books include: Responsa Heshiv Moshe on Halacha, Yismach Moshe and Tefilla LeMoshe.

[1], 49; 72, [1] leaves. Divisional title page for Devarim. In Devarim, many leaves bound out of sequence,