Collection of Books – Rabbi Yisrael Salanter and the Musar Movement

Collection of Books – Rabbi Yisrael Salanter and the Musar Movement
Collection of books and booklets by R. Yisrael Salanter and the leaders of the Musar movement in Lithuania:
• Hesped Kedosh Yisrael, eulogy for R. Yisrael Salanter by R. Yosef Feldberg. Vilna: Yehudah Leib Metz, 1883.
• Kevod Yisrael, eulogy for R. Yisrael Salanter by R. David Shlomo Slouschz. Warsaw: Chaim Kelter, 1883. Stamps of "Yosef Baaron Shapiro in Safed".
• Pri Yitzchak, responsa and halachic discussions by R. Yitzchak Blazer. Vilna-Jerusalem: Yehudah Leib Metz and Salomon, 1881-[1913]. Two parts in two volumes.
• Or Yisrael, Musar writings by R. Yisrael Salanter and his disciple R. Yitzchak (Itzele) Blazer. Vilna: Yehudah Leib Metz, 1900. First edition.
The book contains four parts. The central part, Or Yisrael, contains a "collection of letters and various discourses to excite hearts to fear G-d and study fear of G-d and Musar", by R. Yisrael Salanter. The other parts called Shaarei Or, Netivot Or and Kochvei Or were authored by his close disciple R. Yitzchak Blazer.
• Etz Pri, to bolster support for those who study Torah. Writings by R. Yisrael Salanter, R. Yitzchak Elchanan and R. Alexander Moshe Lapidot, with an introduction by the Chafetz Chaim and a "preface by the (first) publisher" [R. Natan Tzvi Finkel, the Alter of Slabodka]. Jerusalem: printer not indicated, 1903. Second edition.
• Chut HaMeshulash, Torah novellae on various topics, from three generations: R. Yisrael Lipkin Salanter, founder of the Musar movement; his father R. Ze'ev (author of novellae Ben Aryeh), and his son R. Aryeh Leib Lipkin. Jerusalem: A. M. Luncz, 1904. First edition.
• Derashot Rabbi Yisrael Salanter, with Even Bochan by R. Shneur Zalman, Rabbi of Kuldīga. Vilna: Yitzchak Yehudah Leib Katzenellenbogen, 1912. With original front wrapper.
• Issue of Or HaMusar, periodical of the Beit Yosef Novardok yeshiva in Poland on Musar matters. Piotrków: R. Henich Follman, 1925. Year III, issue 9, 1st of Adar 1925. Two copies. Stamp of R. Eliyahu David Slotky in one copy.
• Conference lectures of the Organization of Students of the Knesset Yisrael yeshiva in Slabodka [Kovno]. Organization of Slabodka Students, Adar 1937.
• Periodical, El HaMevakesh, Musar discourses on faith and insights on matters of education by R. Yitzchak Elchanan Waldschein, mashgiach of the Beit Yosef yeshiva in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski. Piotrków: M. Rosenstein, [1938-1939]. Issue 4 and issue 5, in two volumes (six issues were printed in total).
• Ohel Yosef anthology, dedicated to Torah and Musar, published by the Organization of Beit Yosef Students in the United States. [New York: Schlesinger brothers], 1945-1946. Issue 1, year 1, Kislev 1945. Only one more issue was published in Nisan 1946.
• Shiur Daat (IV) – Shiur Komah, booklet by R. Yosef Yehudah Leib Bloch, dean of the Telz yeshiva. Telz (Telšiai): printed by Sh. Yoselovitz (Kovno), 1934.
• Sichot HaSaba MiSlabodka, Rabbi Natan Tzvi Finkel, recorded by his students, edited by Tzvi Kaplan, with preface by Prof. Feivel Meltzer. Tel Aviv: Avraham Tzioni, 1955.
14 books and booklets in 16 volumes. Varying size and condition. Most in new binding. The books have not been examined thoroughly, and are being sold as is.