Sefer Divrei Shmuel. Chassidut on the order of the Torah and holidays by Rebbi Shmuel Shmelke Horowitz of Nikolsburg. Approbations from Rabbi Yosef Shaul Notenhausen and Rabbi Yeshaya Muszkat.
[Lemberg], 1862. First edition.
The Sefer remained in manuscript form for approximately seventy years, in the collection of manuscripts of the Holy Rebbi Yisrael of Kozhnitz and was prepared for printing by Rabbi Moshe Unger Ha’Cohen.
Rabbi Yesha’aya Mushkat of Praga, in his approbation, writes about the sefer: "May I bless His Great name in gratitude for allowing me today to see the words by the Gdly leader, the leader of the Levites the true genius, Divine man …"
Rabbi Yosef Shaul Ha’Levi Nathansohn writes: "the light of Israel … the rabbi of Israel, his praise is sounded in the congregation of the pious…"
At the beginning of the Sefer are vprinted "Hanhagot tovot ve’darkei yesharim by the rabbi the author…" that one should endeavor to emulate and model for others.
The Sefer was accepted as a Segulah.
[2] 5-57 leaves, 24.5 cm. Lacking final leaf.
Stefansky, Chassidut 124.
Overall good condition, stains, pages 45-46 have margin repair, original binding rubbed edges.
The Holy Rebbi Shmuel Shmelke of Nikolsburg was born in 1726 and was the brother of the author of the Haflaah. At first, both brothers studied under the GR"A and were "mitnagdim" - opponents of chassidut, but they later drew close to the Maggid of Mezeritch. In 1754, he served as rabbi of Ryczywół where he established a yeshiva that attracted well-versed students, including some who later became prominent chassidic leaders, such as the Maggid of Kosnitz, Rebbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev and the Chozeh of Lublin. He later moved to Shinova, and then, in 1773, he moved to serve as rabbi of Nikolsburg, where a number of leading Admors studied in his yeshiva. He passed away in 1778.
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