Divrei Menachem – commentaries on various midrashim by the Admo”r Rabbi Menachem Nachum Friedman (II). Krakow, 1913.
The Admo”r discusses topics such as reward and punishment, good and evil, free choice, the reasons for mitzvahs and more. There were Admo”rs who disputed this book and its author.
Rabbi Menachem Nachum Friedman [1879-1933] was the rabbi of the Itzkan community. He was a nephew of Rabbi Avraham Matityahu Friedman, the final Admo”r of Shtefanesht, and he was designated to inherit this position, and brother of Rabbi Aharon Matityahu Friedman. He was born in 1879 in Shtefanesht to the Admo”r Avraham Yehoshua Heschel Friedman of Arzad and BatSheva of the Friedman family, daughter of Rabbi Menachem Nachum Friedman of Shtefanesht. He was descended from Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhin through both of his parents. He was raised in Bohosh, in the home of his grandfather, Rabbi Yitzchak Friedman of Bohosh. He married Miriam, daughter of Rabbi Yisrael Friedman of Chortkov, who was also a great-grandchild of Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhin. As mentioned, his uncle, Avraham Matityahu Friedman, the Admo”r of Shtefanesht, had no children and took Menachem Nachum under his wing and even wanted to appoint him his successor. He did indeed function as an unofficial Admo”r during his uncle’s lifetime. Regretfully, he became ill with a harsh disease. His condition deteriorated in 1933 and he went to a convalescent home near Vilna, where he passed away. One month later, his uncle passed away, and thus ended the Shtefanesht Chassidic dynasty.
[2] 93, [2] leaves. 23 cm. Quality paper. Fine condition. Isolated worming perforations in the white margins of the first leaves.