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Two works by father and son. The first title is Sod Yakhin u-Vo’az by R. Meir Margoliouth of Ostraha (Ostrog). An important kabbalsitic work, it is the testament of R. Meir, addressing such subjects as tikkun ha-neshamah and ethics by a student of the Ba’al Shem Tov. Sod Yakhin u-Vo’az has numerous approbations and an introduction from the author’s son, Bezalel. The text, in two columns in rabbinic type, is divided into ten chapters.
R. Meir Margoliouth of Ostraha (Ostrog; d. 1790), hasidic rabbi in Poland; a disciple of Israel b. Eliezer the Ba’al Shem Tov. He was descended from a celebrated rabbinical family. From a very early age he and his elder brother became devoted and loved disciples of the Ba’al Shem Tov. R. Meir gained a reputation as one of the greatest scholars of his age and is considered by many to be the greatest Talmudist to become a follower of the Ba’al Shem Tov. He served as rabbi in Jaslo and later in Horodenka (Gorodenka); in 1755 he was appointed rabbi in the Lvov region and in 1777 was appointed rabbi Ostraha, a title officially confirmed by the King of Poland, Stanislas II Augustus, which established his authority over all the rabbis of the district. He wrote works on halakhah and Kabbalah, and also long didactic poems. His great prestige helped to promote Hasidism, which at that time gave it important support. He had five sons, all of whom became noted rabbis and scholars. His works are Meir Netivim (Polonnoye, 1791–92); Sod Yakhin u-Vo’az (Ostrog, 1794); Derekh ha-Tov ve-ha-Yashar (Polonnoye, 1795); and Kotnot Or (Berdichev, 1816).
The second work is Alpha Beta ve-Millei de-Avot by R. Zevi Hirsch of Nadworna. It is an ethical advice arranged according to the letters of the alphabet, with an appendix entitled Millei de-Avot. Alpha Beta was first published in Breznitz in 1796, but in an incomplete form. In the introduction to the next corrected edition Zevi Hirsch’s son explained that the first edition did not represent an accurate version of the original work, and that he was therefore republishing it from the actual manuscript of his father, with an appendix, Millei de-Avot, an ethical commentary on Avot. R. Zevi Hirsch of Nadworna (second half of the 18th century), was av bet din of the community of Nadworna (Nadvornaya), Galicia. |
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... הנר השלישי, סוד יכין ובועז ... הוצאתיו... מחדש... והוספנו את תולדות המחבר... גדליה בן מו"ה יהודא ארי' הלוי (Schwartz)...
עם ההסכמות מן ההוצאה הראשונה.
[3], כז, [8] עמ', עם שער מיוחד: ספר אלפא ביתא... מפי... ר' צבי הירש זצוקללה"ה... אשר אור תורתו זרח בק"ק נאדבורנא... גם... נלוה עמו ספר... מילי דאבות... [מאת] הנ"ל... הוצאתיו... מחדש... והוספנו את תולדות המחבר... גדלי' בן מו"ה
יהודא ארי' הלוי.
על הכריכה: ספר סוד יכין ובועז ספר אלפא ביתא ומילי דאבות. |
