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Lot #
22942
Auction End Date
3/3/2009 11:15:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
Title Information
Title (English)
Sketch of R. David Twersky of Talnoye
Title (Hebrew)
תמונת הר'ר דוד טוורסקי, הצדיק מטאלנא
Author
[Hasidic]
Collection Information
Independent Item
This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
Description Information
Physical
Description
[1] p., 172:122 mm., card stock, cracked, with tears.
Detailed
Description
Sketch of R. David of Talna (David b. Mordecai Twersky, 1808–1882) was a zaddik who first lived at Vasilkov and afterward at Talna (Talnoye, Ukraine). He was the most celebrated of the eight sons of R. Menahem Nahum Twersky, founder of the Chernobyl hasidic dynasty. Thousands of people came to his "court," which he maintained in luxurious style, even retaining a court jester. According to hasidic tradition his house contained a silver chair bearing the inscription in gold: David Melekh Yisrael Hai ve-Kayyam ("David, king of Israel, lives and is in existence"). This gave his opponents a means of denouncing him to the Russian authorities as a rebel against the government. He was thrown into prison and freed only after numerous appeals. In spite of his aristocratic way of life, he was a man of the people; his speech was flavored with popular proverbs so that it would be more readily understood by the common people. He was fond of music and brought to his court the most famous folk singers and musicians in the region. The Talna melodies became popular among both Hasidim and Jews in general. He wrote Magen David (1852), Birkat David (1862), and Kehillat David (1882).
Reference
Description
Rabinowicz, Ency. of Hasidism, pp. 503-04
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Language:
Hebrew
Manuscript Type
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