Octavo, 49 ff. 248:190 mm., wide margins, usual age staining. A good copy bound in contemporary boards, rubbed.

Important and popular hassidic discourses on the weekly parshash by R. Hayyim ben Menahem Mendel Hager. The title-page states that it is intended for one to may instruct his children and household after him to keep the way of the Lord to do righteousness and justice, The title-page is followed by  an introduction and preface from R. Hager and then the text which concludes with likkutim.

R. Hayyim ben Menahem Mendel Hager (1795-1854) served as rabbi in Kosov. He was renowned for his scholarshipo and piety and respected for his kindness, hospitality, and compassion. R. Hager maintained that the primary function of a zaddik  was to be a faithful shepherd , ministering to his flock with love and rarely with discipline. Apart from Torat Hayyim R. Hager was also the author of Torat Hayyim Taninah (Sighet, 1906).