1. Collection of Original Letters from the Baal Shem Tov and His Disciples

   

Seventeen letters from the holy Baal Shem Tov and twenty-nine letters from his holy disciples. Vienna-Berlin, 1923.

  At the end of the booklet, there are letters concerning the negotiations between the Russian and Austrian governments regarding the extradition of the holy Rebbi Israel of Ruzhin to Russia. Additionally, there is a letter from the Maharal of Prague from 1583 about the creation of the Golem.

2.  Letters from the Baal Shem Tov and His Disciples.  Transcribed from a manuscript with annotations by Yerucham Meir Leiner. Warsaw, 1923. Published by Mekitze Nirdamim.

Stamp of Rebbi Yosef Tzvi Kalish of Skierniewice.

  Includes twenty-five letters. Some of the letters originate from the "Genizah" in the city of Kherson and are suspected of being forgeries.


3. Darkei Chaim – Pure Sayings, Refined Sevenfold, Signs and Wonders, Conversations and Marvels from the Holy Divrei Chaim of Sanz

 Published by Raphael Chaim Segal Tzimetbaum, the personal attendant of the Divrei Chaim. Lviv, 1931.

With manuscript dedication from Rabbi Gershon Hager, Av Beit Din of Tłuste, to Rabbi Yaakov Israel Kaneler. Rebbi Gershon Hager of Tłuste, son of Rebbi Menachem Mendel of Zablitov and grandson of Rabbi Yaakov of Zablitov, served as the rabbi of Tłuste in Poland and later as Av Beit Din in Vienna. He settled in the United States and survived World War II. He authored the seforim *Zechut Avot* and *Minchat HaGershuni* in America, addressing issues that required correction in the American Jewish community of that time. His only son, Rabbi Shmuel, perished in the Holocaust.

4. The "Chafetz Chaim" ztz"l – Biography, Torah Teachings, Parables, and Stories from His Life

   

A booklet in Yiddish by Moshe Greenstein, published by the Central Kibbutzim of Poalei Agudat Yisrael in the Landsberg Displaced Persons Camp, Germany.

Includes his biography, Torah teachings, and a picture of the Chafetz Chaim.Michtavim Ma’Habaal Shem Tov:

Mectovim 

[1], 15 Leaves. 16.4 cm.

Kovetz Michtavim Mekoreeim:

111,[1] Pp. 21.5 cm.

Darchei Chayim:

 12, 34 Leaves. 21.5 cm.

D’er Chafetz Chaim:

16, [2] Pp.


Overall Great condition, few stains, few marginal tears, later bindings.

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Kherson Genizah Polemic - Collection of Original Letters from the Baal Shem Tov and His Disciples - Vienna-Berlin 1923. Bound with Other Hasidic and Historical Works.

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