Chassidus. Yitav Lev. Complete copy - first edition. Sighet, 1875.

Sefer Yitav Lev - Chassidic ...

Chassidus. Yitav Lev. Complete copy - first edition. Sighet, 1875.

Sefer Yitav Lev - Chassidic Maamarim, drush and mussar on the Chamisha Chumshei Torah, from Admor Yekusiel Yehudah Teitelbaum of Sighet.

Five sections bound together.

The sefer was printed during the author's lifetime. As per the introduction, it was printed anonymously, due to the author's humility. However, the sefer's name is comprised of the author's initials: ייטב - י'קותיאל י'הודה ט'ייטלב'וים.

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Sighet, 1875. First edition.

Five sections in one volume:

• Bereishis: [4], 2-141, [2] leaves.

• Shemos: [2], 3-91 leaves. Table of errata bound at the end of Vayikra.

• Vayikra: [4], 2-55, [2] leaves.

• Bamidbar: [2], 2-80, [1] leaves.

• Devarim: [2], 2-52, 55-70, [1] leaves.

Light tears in the margins of the first and last leaf without significant loss, solitary worming holes, mold stains throughout the sefer, overall fine condition.

Stefansky, Chassidus 228.

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Rabbi Yekusiel Yehuda Teitelbaum (1808 - 1883), known as the Yitav Lev, was the patriarch of the grand Sighet dynasty. He was the son of Rabbi Eliezer Nissan, Av Beis Din of Drohobycz, son of the Yismach Moshe. A well-versed Halachic authority, Rabbi Yekusiel Yehuda acquired much of his Torah learning from his grandfather, the Yismach Moshe, and succeeded his position in 1841.From 1858, he served as Av Beis Din of Sighet and established a Yeshiva Gedola there. He began leading as Admor in Sighet attracting thousands of followers who flocked to him from across the length and breadth of the country. His novellae are published in the sefarim Yitav Lev, Yitav Panim, Rav Tuv, and Avnei Tzedek Responsa.