Davar BeIto – Pressburg, 1841 – Signatures of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh of Liska and of His Son-in-Law the Tal Chaim, Rebbe ...

Davar BeIto – Pressburg, 1841 – Signatures of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh of Liska and of His Son-in-Law the Tal Chaim, Rebbe of Liska

Davar BeIto on Order Moed – Part II of a six-part work on the Six Orders of the Mishnah, by R. Shimon Lichtenstadt of Prague. Pressburg: Anton Schmid, 1841. Only edition.
Bound with: Maayan HaYeshuah, on Order Nezikin – Part IV of a six-part work on the Six Orders of the Mishnah, by R. Shimon Lichtenstadt of Prague. Pressburg: Anton Schmidt, 1847. Only edition.
Important ownership. On the first title page, signatures of Rebbe Tzvi Hirsh of Liska, author of Ach Pri Tevua, and of his son-in-law and successor Rebbe Chaim Friedlander of Liska, author of Tal Chaim.
On the title pages of both books, later signatures (in pencil), dated 1922: "Aharon Yitzchak Yoel Berger Katz (of Satmar, son-in-law of R. Avraham Shlomo of Szamosújvár [Gherla], see: Beit Vaad LaChachamim, Kislev 1929, year 9, booklet 3, p. 1).
Rebbe Tzvi Hirsh Friedman, rabbi of Liska (Olaszliszka; 1798-1874), a leading Hungarian rebbe, from the first generation of the Chassidic movement in Hungary. A disciple of the Yismach Moshe, Rebbe Shalom of Belz, Rebbe Yisrael of Ruzhin, Rebbe Meir of Premishlan and the Divrei Chaim of Sanz. He was renowned as a wonder-worker, and people flocked to him to receive his blessings. He authored Ach Pri Tevua and HaYashar VehaTov. His illustrious disciple was R. Yeshaya of Kerestir, who used to sign: "Who was the close attendant of the Tzadik of Liska".
His son-in-law and successor, Rebbe Chaim Friedlander – rabbi of Liska (d. 1904), son of R. Moshe Friedlander, rabbi of Kleinwardein. He succeeded his father-in-law as rabbi and rebbe of Liska in 1874. He authored Tal Chaim on the Talmud, and Tal Chaim UVracha on the Torah. Served as rabbi for thirty years, disseminating Torah and fear of G-d in Liska and beyond, and the place became a Torah center under his leadership. He passed away on 9 Iyar 1904, and was succeeded by his eldest son R. Tzvi Hirsh, who led the community until the Holocaust (see: Sh. Goldstein, Sefer HaZichronot LeBeit Liska, Haifa, 1968, pp. 124-125).

[3], 4-48 leaves; [2], 3-53 leaves. 25 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Some wear. New binding.

R. Shimon Lichtenstadt's work on the Six Orders of the Mishnah was printed as six individual books in Pressburg in 1839-1853 (each part with its own title). The present volume comprises two parts of the work.