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Ve-Heyeh Berakhah, haNotan Imre, R. Zevi Elimelekh Shapira, Przemysl 1888; 1887

והיה ברכה; הנתן אמרי שפר - First Editions - Hasidic

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  • Lot Number 47381
  • Title (English) Ve-Heyeh Berakhah, haNotan Imre Shefer
  • Title (Hebrew) והיה ברכה; הנתן אמרי שפר על התורה
  • Note First Editions - Hasidic
  • Author R. Zevi Elimelekh Shapira
  • City Przemysl
  • Publisher דפוס זופניק קנאללער עט האממערשמידט
  • Publication Date 1888; 1887
  • Estimated Price - Low 300
  • Estimated Price - High 600

  • Item # 1365502
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Physical Description

First editions. [2], 46, [1]; [2], 120, [1] ff., quarto, 290:175 mm., usual age toning. Good copies bound in later boards.

 

Detail Description

Two important hasidic works by R. Zevi Elimelech of Dynow (1785–1841), hasidic zaddik in Dynow, Galicia, often known after his main work as "the author of Benei Yissakhar" (Zolkiew, 1850). He was a disciple of R. Zevi Hirsch of Zhidachov, R. Jacob Isaac "ha-Hozeh" ("the seer") of Lublin, and the Maggid R. Israel of Kozienice. Zevi Elimelech served as rabbi in Strzyzow, Halicz, Dynow, and Munkacs. His total opposition to Haskalah and philosophy was evidenced in both his devotion to Kabbalah as the essence of Judaism and his statement that "there is no knowledge, either in the realm of science or philosophy, which is not alluded to in the Torah [which is higher than the intellect]" (Benei Yissakhar, Sec. 2:88). He considered philosophical enquiry a waste of time and of soul. Rational reason should not be sought for the mitzvot, but they should be observed with love, as divine decrees, whether rational or not, without questioning or seeking proofs. Man must have faith "even in two opposite [commands of God] where the intellect cannot solve the contradiction" (ibid., Sec. 1, 73). The task of the zaddik is of utmost importance since by means of the high spiritual level he attains he may help to unite the upper and lower worlds. Zevi Elimelech differentiated between two types of zaddikim: the perfect one, "the servant of God" (eved adonai) and the one who only "worships God" (oved Adonai). Worship of God must combine both love and fear. Fear corresponds to zimzum and love corresponds to hitpashetut ("expansion"). Just as there can be no stability or survival for worlds without zimzum, so if it were not for fear, man would dissolve in ecstasy "and the light of the soul would depart from its earthly container." Fear of Divine Majesty – in contradistinction to fear of punishment – is the acme of faith. A man "to whom God gives knowledge (binah) is enabled to retreat within himself directing his thought to his Creator also while in the company of other men." Dynow thus reformulates Nahmanides' thesis (commentary on Deuteronomy 11:20). Dynow's writings comprise (1) kabbalistic: glosses to the commentary of R. Eleazar of Worms on Sefer Yezirah (Przemysl, 1888); commentary on the beginning of Eleazar's Sefer Hokhmat ha-Nefesh (Lemberg, 1876); glosses to the Zohar (Przemysl, 1899); Ma'yan Gannim, a commentary on Or ha-Hayyim (1848) by Joseph Jabetz; Regel Yesharah (Lemberg, date of publication not known), an alphabetical commentary on names and concepts on the basis of the kabbalistic system of R. Isaac Luria. (2) Homiletic and exegetical works which became popular among Hasidim, among them Derekh Pikkudekha (Lemberg, 1851), homilies on the mitzvot; Igra de-Kallah (Lemberg, 1868), homilies on the Torah; Igra de-Pirka (Lemberg, 1858); Likkutei Maharza (Przemysl, 1885), on the Torah and the Prophets; Keli ha-Ro'im (Lemberg, 1808), commentary on Obadiah; Devarim Nehmadim (Przemysl, 1885); Maggid Ta'alumah (Przemysl, 1876), novellae to tractate Berakhot; Rei'ah Duda'im (Munkacs, 1879), on tractate Megillah; Ve-Heyeh Berakhah (Przemysl, 1875), commentary on Mishnah Berakhot; Berakhah Meshulleshet (Przemysl, 1896, commentary on the Mishnah); Tamkhin de-Oraita (Munkacs, 1926).

 

Hebrew Description

  והיה ברכה - על משניות זרעים וגמ’ שבת ושני שו"ת בענין עגונה ושבוי’ לכהן...יוצא לאור ע"י נכדו...מוה’ מאיר משולם שפירא מלאנצוט בהרב...מוה’ שמואל...

 הנתן אמרי שפר - ... מאת... מו"ה ישעי’ נפתלי הירץ [שפירא] זצללה"ה... אבד"ק דינאב בהרב... דויד... בהגאון מהרצ"א [צבי אלימלך]... [חלק א-ב].

[חלק א]: על התורה. פרעמיסלא, תרמ"ח, 1887. [2], קך דף.

דף [2, א]: הקדמה מאת ר’ יוסף שפירא, חתן המחבר. "חותני... לא כתב בעצמו כל הכתבי קודש אלה. ובהמאמרים שכתב בכי"ק עשינו בהרבה מהם לסימן בראש המאמר כוכב קטן או קו מרובע כזה [ ] אבל לא בכל המקומות, ובפרט בהמאמרים שלא הי’ כתוב בכתב ידו... כ"א במה שהראה לו הכותב... ר’ נפתלי צבי [פיש] נ"י מפה, והגיהם... חותני זצ"ל בעצמו בכ"י, לא עשינו שום סימן. ואיזה מאמרים שלא הי’ לנגד מראה עיניו... כ"א הכותב כתב מה ששמע מפיו... גם הנני בזה להודיע, שמה שנמצא בספר... הזה הרבה דברים אשר המה בהסגר, יען כי לפעמים עשה כן המחבר בעצמו בכי"ק, ולפעמים הוכרחנו להוסיף איזה תיבות לבאר דבריו... במוסגר". ‬

דף [2, ב]: "מודעה מהמשתדל בחלוקת הספרים... צבי אלימלך בר’ זאב ז"ל נכד... מוה’ צ"א [צבי אלימלך] שפירא זלה"ה מדינאב".

 

References

BE vav 36; heh 198; Bibliography of the Hebrew Book 1470-1960 #000181329; 000171427; EJ