Manuscripts, "Likutei Rivash" and "Maamarei Rivash – Tikvat Tzion" – Unpublished Works by Rabbi Yuspa Lupolianski – ...

Manuscripts, "Likutei Rivash" and "Maamarei Rivash – Tikvat Tzion" – Unpublished Works by Rabbi Yuspa Lupolianski – Russia, 1901
A collection of manuscripts - Likutei Rivash on the Torah, and sections of another composition on Zionism, by R. Yuspa son of R. Shlomo Lupoliansky of Holovanivsk (Podolia, Ukraine). Ca. 1901.
· Over 160 leaves of a composition on the Torah named "Likutei Rivash" - an anthology on Bereishit and topics of Chanukah, including selections from great Chassidic leaders, Torah thoughts by great Torah scholars of previous generations (Rebbe Heshel, R. Yehonatan Eybeschutz, the Chatam Sofer, the Vilna Gaon and more), Torah thoughts from various books and rabbis, in addition to novellae by the author himself [possibly some of the contents were heard by the author orally].
Approx. [325] written pages. 20.5 cm. Overall good condition. Few tears and wear. Leaves missing from some of the Parshiot.
· "Tikvat Tzion" - title page, prefaces and draft sections of a composition entitled: "Tikvat Tzion – The Second Article of My Book Maamarei Rivash". Concerning Zionism and the return to Eretz Israel. [1901].
A Torah composition supporting the Zionist movement – the author writes that the purpose of the essay is to enthuse the hearts of the Jewish people to believe in and hope for the Final Redemption. The author opposes the way Chassidim and Chareidim tend to generalize and boycott, distancing themselves from Zionism as they shun maskilim and the profane. He writes ironically that, just as in the past any "person who did something despicable" was termed a "maskil" [enlightened person], even if he was illiterate, so nowadays they label any heretic or anyone who does something wrong a "Zionist", even if "he always opposed the holy idea of Zionism...". The writer writes of himself as an affirmed Chassid, and sees no contradiction between his Chassidism and his Zionism: "I'm a Chassid like other Chassidim, and I was raised to Chassidut... but to be such a pious idiot and say that the Zionists are heretics and it is forbidden to be a Zionist – far from me to say such a thing. Zionism does not contradict our religion, and on the contrary, Zionism is a strong pillar of our religion...". He goes on to say that if we see Zionists who do not follow the straight path, it does not stem from their Zionism, "and on the contrary, they were worse before, and Zionism is setting them straight…".
On the title page and at the ends of the prefaces, the author signs: "The young Yuspa son of Shlomo, shochet and bodek, of Holovanivsk, Russia". We have no information about the author, but the content of the book demonstrates that the writer was a scholar well versed in homiletic and Chassidic books, and some of his selections are from profound homiletic books which deliberate in halacha and aggada. It is clear that the author was fearful for the spiritual survival of the Jewish people and its hope of redemption. The names of his compositions "Likutei Rivash" and "Maamarei Rivash" allude to his and his father's initials: Rabbi Yuspa ben Shlomo.
Approx. [50] leaves of varying size and condition, good to fair-poor, with tears and losses. Some of the paper is brittle and fragile.