Ahavat Hesed, R. Israel Meir Ha-Kohen, Warsaw 1888
אהבת חסד - First Edition
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- Lot Number 49170
- Title (English) Ahavat Hesed
- Title (Hebrew) אהבת חסד
- Note First Edition
- Author R. Israel Meir Ha-Kohen
- City Warsaw
- Publisher דפוס יוסף אונטערהענדלער
- Publication Date 1888
- Estimated Price - Low 200
- Estimated Price - High 500
- Item # 1519740
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Physical Description
First edition, 56, [1] ff., quarto, 225:165 mm., usual age staining, wide margins. A very good copy bound in contemporary cloth over boards, rubbed and split.
Detail Description
Modern classic on the laws of charity by R. Israel Meir Ha-Kohen (Hafez Hayyim, 1838–1933) is one of the most saintly figures in modern Judaism. Of humble origin, he was taught until the age of ten by his parents and then went to Vilna where he continued his studies. His surname Poupko is hardly known to even those who revere him; he is always referred to as Hafez Hayyim after the Sefer Hafez Hayyim, his first book. Hafez Hayyim’s personality, piety, humility of conduct, integrity of thought and action, together with his books, exercised a tremendous influence on religious leaders, and fascinated the general Jewish public, to whom he became a much beloved leader and moral guide. Hundreds of sayings full of practical wisdom are attributed to him, and hundreds of stories both factual and legendary, all rich in morals, are reported about his life.
Hebrew Description
דף נה-נו,א: מרגניתא טבא, כוללת הנהגות טובות וקדושות מאת הגאון... ר’ יהונתן זצ"ל מעיר לובטש <הנקרא... ר’ יהונתן וואלינער>.
Reference
EJ; Bibliography of the Hebrew Book 1470-1960 #000140513