The book Divrei Chaim on the Torah and novellae on the Talmud, by Rabbi Chaim Halberstam of Sanz. Munkacs, 1873. First edition.
Specifications: [2], 84, [5] leaves. 22 cm. One volume out of two. Stefansky Chassidut 119.
Unique Features: H is great-grandson’s handwritten signature is i n the margins of the title page: “I took it, I the small one Aryeh Halberstam Av Beit Din of Muszyna.”
Background: Rabbi Aryeh Leib Halberstam (1870-1942), son of Rabbi Moshe of Bardiow, son of Rabbi Baruch of Gorlice, the fifth son of Rabbi Chaim of Sanz. Son-in-law of Rabbi Shmuel Rokeach, Av Beit Din of Sokal, the son of Rabbi Yehoshua of Belz. He assisted his father-in-law in the rabbinate there as a dayan. Beginning in the the year 1904, he was a Rabbi and Admor in Muszyna until he was murdered in the Holocaust. [Rabbeinu HaKadosh M’Sanz part two, page 350].
Condition: Moderate-fine. Glue reinforcements in the title page border and a few leaves. Water stains, mainly on the last leaves. Simple binding.