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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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Description

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

 ... מיוסד על כל עניני החסד, ויחולק לשלשה חלקים. חלק א: יבואר בו מצות עשה דאם כסף תלוה... על פי הלכה היוצאת מן התלמוד והפוסקים ויבואר בו עוד כמה הלכות המסתעפים לענין זה. חלק ב: נאסף ונקבץ בו אגדות חז"ל... המדברים בגודל שכר המחזיקים במדת החסד... גם... כמה עצות ותחבולות איך להשיג מדה זו... חלק ג: יבואר בו כל הענינים הנכללים במדת החסד... חברתי... ישראל מאיר בר’ אריה זאב הכהן זללה"ה...

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