Tzemach Hashem LiTzvi – Berditchev, 1818 – First Edition

Tzemach Hashem LiTzvi – Berditchev, 1818 – First Edition
Tzemach Hashem LiTzvi, Chassidic essays on the Torah, by R. Tzvi Hirsh of Nadvirna. [Berditchev (Berdychiv): R. Yisrael Bak, ca. 1818]. First edition.
The author, Rebbe Tzvi Hirsh of Nadvirna (1740-1802, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut, III, pp. 604-607), was a leading third generation Chassidic rebbe. Disciple of the Maggid of Mezritch. His primary teacher was R. Yechiel Michel of Złoczew, who was known to say that R. Tzvi Hirsh was the greatest of his disciples and that Eliyahu HaNavi desires his closeness. R. Tzvi Hirsh's disciples include R. Menachem Mendel of Kosov, R. Tzvi Hirsh of Zhydachiv, R. Avraham David of Buchach and others. He wrote many books and was famous for his primary work Tzemach Hashem LiTzvi. His book Alfa Beta merited many editions and R. Eliezer Papo, author of Pele Yo'etz, included it in his composition.
Signatures on title page of R. Yaakov Shmuel son of R. Avraham Shlomo Elias (Rabbi of Szamosújvár, Hungary. Perished in the Holocaust in 1944). Early signatures of "Yoel Kaufmann of Bacău" at the end of Bereshit and at the beginning of Shemot.
[3], 28; 138 leaves. Bluish paper. 20 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Minor wear and signs of usage to several leaves. Worming to first and last leaves. New leather binding.
Includes leaf [3], with the third approbation and omissions from Parshiot Ki Tisa and Shmini, which is found in only some of the copies.
The date of printing follows A. Yaari, The Hebrew Printing in Berditchev, Kiryat Sefer, 21, 1944-1945, pp. 120-121. The title page ornamentation, a Torah shield, is the device of R. Yisrael Bak's printing press.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 500.