Chassidus. Geulas Yisroel. Divrei Torah from the Besht and his talmidim. First edition. Ostrog, [1821]. ...

Chassidus. Geulas Yisroel. Divrei Torah from the Besht and his talmidim. First edition. Ostrog, [1821].

Geulas Yisroel, compilations, maamarim and hanhagos from the Baal Shem Tov, his talmidim, and the talmidim of his talmidim, by Rabbi Yehoshua Avraham of Zhitomir.

Includes Torah from the Besht, the Maggid of Mezeritsch, Rabbi Pinchas of Korzec, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchov, the Degel Machaneh Efraim, Rabbi Baruch of Mezibuzh, Rabbi Shalom of Prohovitch (father of Rabbi Yisroel of Ruzhin), Rabbi Aharon of Zhitomir and others.

This is the first anthology of maamarim and hanhagos of Rebbe Pinchas of Korzec and it is the classic source for his Torah. Further Torah was printed in later years.

In the introduction to the first section, the author writes that he doesn't have the resources to print another section because of a fire in his home in Zhitomir, but a little later he did print the second section.

In later editions, only portions of this sefer were printed, with changes and omissions, and even under a different tile: "Pisgamin Kadishin." It was reprinted in its entirely only once: Piotrkow, 1913.

Owner signature on the title page.

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[Ostrog] (the title page lists Amsterdam). [1821]. First edition.

2 sections, [2], 31: 25 leaves. Missing two leaves: the title page and introduction to the second section. 20 cm.

This book apparently includes some pages from another copy The title page and some leaves have severe worming blemishes with loss that affect the text but have been professionally filled in.

Stefansky, Sifrei Chassidus, 107. Sifsei Tzaddikim, kovetz 2, p. 67-74.