Tzemach Hashem LiTzvi (Rebbe Tzvi Hirsh of Nadvorna) – Berditchev,...

Tzemach Hashem LiTzvi (Rebbe Tzvi Hirsh of Nadvorna) – Berditchev, 1818 – First Edition

Tzemach Hashem LiTzvi, Chassidic discourses on the Torah, by Rebbe Tzvi Hirsh of Nadvorna. [Berditchev (Berdychiv): R. Yisrael Bak, ca. 1818]. First edition.

The author, Rebbe Tzvi Hirsh of Nadvorna (1740-1802, Encyclopedia LaChassidut III, pp. 604-607), was one of the leading third-generation Chassidic rebbes. Disciple of the Maggid of Mezeritch and close disciple of R. Yechiel Michel of Zlotchov, who said that Rebbe Tzvi Hirsh was the greatest of his disciples and that Eliyahu HaNavi desired his company. His disciples include R. Menachem Mendel of Kosov, R. Tzvi Hirsch of Zidichov, R. Avraham David of Buchach and others. He wrote several works, and was most famous for his primary work Tzemach Hashem LiTzvi. His Alfa Beita was published in many editions, and R. Eliezer Papo copied it and included it as part of his work, Pele Yoetz.
Handwritten (pencil) inscription on p. 40a: "[Mo]she HaLevi Segal Fried Fartig Mikolish".

[3], 28; 138 leaves. Misordering of leaves 1-6 of the first sequence. 21.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including large dampstains and dark stains. Light wear. Tears, including open tears, affecting text on several leaves, repaired with paper filling (with photocopy replacement of words). Worming, affecting text. Last leaves may have been supplied from another copy. Stamp deleted by rubbing on title page. New leather binding.

Includes leaf [3], with the third approbation and addenda from the Torah portions of Ki Tisa and Shemini, which is only present in some copies.
Date of printing after A. Yaari, "The Hebrew Press in Berditchev", Kiryat Sefer, 21, 1944-1945, pp. 120-121 (Hebrew). The decoration on the title page – a Torah shield – is the emblem of R. Yisrael Bak's press.