Sefer Toldot Adam - Jerusalem, 1845 - By the Tolcsva Rebbe Moshe David Ashkenazi - Father-in-law of the Yitav Lev - ...

Sefer Toldot Adam - Jerusalem, 1845 - By the Tolcsva Rebbe Moshe David Ashkenazi - Father-in-law of the Yitav Lev - Copy of Rabbi Naftali Teitelbaum Rabbi of Nyirbator
Sefer Toldot Adam, novellae on Talmudic treatises, by Rabbi Moshe David Ashkenazi. Jerusalem, [1845]. Printed by Israel Bak. First edition printed by the author.
The author, R. Moshe David Ashkenazi - Rabbi of Tolcsva-Safed, (1774-1856, Ishim B'Teshuvot HeChatam Sofer, p. 300), author of Toldot Adam and Be'er Sheva, father-in-law of the Rebbe author of Yitav Lev of Siget and father of R. Yoel Ashkenazi, rabbi of Złoczew. Rebbes of Satmar and Kloizenburg were his descendants. At a young age he was appointed Rabbi of Tolcsva, a position he held for forty years. Moved to Safed in 1844 and was one of the founders of the Chassidic settlement in post-earthquake Safed. A short while after his immigration to Eretz Israel, he printed this book in the printing press of Rabbi Israel Bak in Jerusalem. He authored the book in his thirties and Rabbi Ya’akov of Lisa, author of Chavat Da’at writes in his approbation to the book: "The famous Torah scholar R. Moshe David…does not need me and my likes, but I honor his wish and cannot refuse a person greater than I". His home and Beit Midrash in Safed were restored by his grandson the Klausenberg Rebbe and at present, they house the Sanz institutes in Safed.
On the title page are inscriptions and signatures in Oriental handwriting: "…R. Moshe David Ashkenazi" and calligraphic signatures of R. "Avraham Gagin".
Many stamps of the author's descendant R. "Naftali Teitelbaum Rabbi of Nyirbator" (1867-1938), a leading Hungarian rabbi and one of the heads of the Orthodox Office (in Budapest). Son of R. Yisrael Ya'akov Yukel Teitelbaum Rabbi of Volovo, and son of the daughter of the Yitav Lev, son-in-law of R. Moshe Yosef Teitelbaum Rabbi of Ujhely. Beginning in 1898, he served as Rabbi of Nyirbator for 40 years and conducted the rabbinate with firmness, love and honesty. He was friendly with his cousin R. Yoel Teitelbaum Rabbi of Satmar and although he was older than him, he respected him as a disciple and accepted his counsel like any Satmar Chassid. R. Yisrael Ya'akov is praised in the letters of the Rebbe, the Minchat Elazar of Mukacheve who worked with him to strengthen Jewish issues and in the battle against the Zionist movement and the religious Agudat Yisrael and Mizrachi parties.
[2], 142 leaves. 28 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Worming to the margins of the last leaves, slightly affecting text. Old non-contemporary binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 603.