Delightful sermons with elucidations of scripture and words of mussar from the great sermonizer, Rabbi Tzvi, maggid meisharim of Loslau.
31 sermons. Each sermon bears a special name, for example, “Meil Katan, ” “Bigdei Yesha, ” “Shirat HaYam, ” “Lakachat Mussar, ” “Kessef Mezukak, ” etc.
Sermon 15, called “Kos Tamrurim, ” is a sermon about several rabbis and community leaders including the gaon Rabbi Azriel, Av Beit Din of Lublin [ Rosh HaBarzel ] and the minister, the great naggid Rabbi Yisrael b”r Tzvi of Warsaw, father-in-law of the gaon, Rabbi Shlomo Eiger.
In sermon 24, section 19: It is a big mitzvah for me to reveal that which I heard in the name of the gaon, the world-famous Rabbi Eliyahu ztz”l of Vilna.
In sermon 5 section 6: As an aside, I will reveal to you what I heard from the rabbi and gaon, the Av Beit Din of Lissa, author of Chavat Da’at .
In the middle of sermon 15, [17] leaves were bound with sermons for the high holidays, apparently by the above-mentioned author. Noted on the first sermon for Rosh HaShanah: 1820.
This manuscript is the book Klil Tiferet that was printed in Breslau in 1820 with an approbation from Rabbi Akiva Eiger, but the [17 leaves] mentioned above were not printed there.
The greatness and speaking prowess of Rabbi Tzvi, maggid meisharim of Loslau (b. 1772) are clearly recognizable to anyone who looks into his important and renowned book, Klil Tiferet . The beginning of the book bears approbations from Rabbi Akiva Eiger, the Chavat Da’at, and Rabbi Gedaliah Lipshitz, father of the ‘Tiferet Yisrael.’ Another work by him is called Tzvi Tiferet – on Shir HaShirim (Breslau, 1782).
[91] leaves, 18×22 cm. Dense script. Author’s autograph. Most of the paper is greenish.
Fine condition. Folds in the margins. Old, simple binding.