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Chiber L'Tahara / Mikveh Israel - The Rebbe of Hornstaypel - Glosses

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Chiber L'Tahara / Mikve Israel Berditchov 1898, By the Rebbe of Hornestaypool - a first edition printed during the life of the author. In the book Mikveh Yisrael, glosses in handwriting of Rabbi Yaakov Mordechai Dov Levitsky of Kiev - one of the founders of the "Association of General Rabbis" - his owner's signature on page 30, as well as his owner's stamps.

An Essay on the Purity of the Body and the Purity of the Hands by the Rebbe of Hornestaypol, The father of the Hornistipol dynasty, the Admor Rabbi Mordechai Dov Tversky, who by virtue of his blessing was born Maran HaStaypler. The book is divided into two parts. Kli Brachah on Netilat Yadaim, and second part, Mikveh Yisrael, on the laws of mikvah, A separate title page to Mikve Israel, the author published both books anonymously.

The Admor Rabbi Mordechai Dov Tversky [1840-1903], one of the greatest teachers of his generation, an extraordinary genius in Halacha and Kabbalah. He kept in touch with the greatest rabbis in the world, such as Mahari'l Diskin, Rabbi Chaim Berlin and more. His father-in-law, the Divrei Chaim, testified that he was studying Torah LiShma. From his students: R. Peretz Kanevsky, the father of Maran R. Yaakov Israel, the owner of the "Kehillot Yaakov" known as the "Stapler" after his origin from the city of Hornestaypol. The Stapler was born in 1899, by virtue of the blessing of the Admor Rabbi Mordechai Dov Tversky, so until the end of his life he used to wear a shtreimel, and his son the Gaon Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky also used to wear a shtreimel sometimes.

55, [1], 86 [1] leaves, 28 cm. Slight wear on cover. Good condition.

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