Avodat Hashem - Jerusalem, 1884 - Author's Dedication / Kol Aryeh - Jerusalem, 1866

Two books printed by Rabbi Shneur Zalman Mendelowitz - one with his grandfather's novaelle and the second of his novaelle.
a. Kol Aryeh - a sharp pilpul on Talmudic topics, by Rabbi Aryeh Leib Charif, Av Beit Din and Rabbi of the congregation of Gomel in Russia. Brought to the publisher by his grandson, Rabbi Shneur Zalman Mendelowitz of Hebron, 1866. Printing press of Yisrael Bak. Single edition.
S. HaLevi 127.
Two different title pages.
Approbations of Rabbis, among them Rabbi Yisrael Salanter.
Ancient signatures.
[4], 80 leaves.
Condition: Good. New binding. A tear on one of the leaves.

b. Avodat Hashem - Homiletics, by Rabbi Shneur Zalman Mendelowitz. Jerusalem, 1884. Single edition.
S. HaLevi 464.
Approbations of the great Rabbis of Jerusalem and Hebron, both Ashkenazim and Sephardim. At the beginning of the book is a special illustrated leaf on which the author printed a blessing to "The great Queen Victoria", "I gave this prayer to her honorable handֳƒֲ‚ֳ‚ֲ…on the occasion of her success in the war in Bombayֳƒֲ‚ֳ‚ֲ…". In the book is also a drawing of the Chabad synagogue in Bombay.
Author's dedication on the binding to "My beloved one the exalted wise man Rabbi Daniel [Shabtai Avraham]", "and also to the beloved young man his brother-in-law" [Avraham Vital]. Their signatures appear in the book.
Ownership inscriptions.
[6], 41, [1] leaf.
Condition: Good. Slight wear. Loose binding.

Rabbi Shneur Zalman Mendelowitz (1804-1885) immigrated to Israel before the year 1740. He headed Kollel Chabad. He was an emissary on behalf of the Chabad community in Hebron to Oriental countries. In 1852 he was in Iraq and India, and in 1858 he went to India for the second time. His travels to the Diaspora were to fundraise for the Chabad institutions in Hebron and Jerusalem.