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Ha'Mekach Ve'Ha'Mimkar - Vienna, 1800 - the Copy of Rabbi Yosef Moshe the Son of the Rabbi of Opatow - Ownership ...
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Ha'Mekach Ve'Ha'Mimkar - Vienna, 1800 - the Copy of Rabbi Yosef Moshe the Son of the Rabbi of Opatow - Ownership Inscription of the Rebbe Rabbi Meshulam of Mezhbizh
Ha'Mekach Ve'Ha'Mimkar. By Rabbi Hai Gaon. With the Zer Zahav commentary, by Rabbi Elazar Löw author of Shemen Rokeach. Vienna, 1800. First edition of the commentary.
On the title page of the boo, an inscription: Belongs to Rabbi … Yosef Moshe the son of the Rabbi of Opatow" - the son of the author of 'Ohev Yisrael' of Opatow.
An additional inscription: "Meshulam Zussia the son of Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heshil of Mezhbizh". He is the Rebbe Rabbi Meshulam Zussia the son of the Rebbe Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heshil of Mezhbizh, and the great-great-grandson of the 'Ohev Yisrael' of Opatow. He served as the Rebbe of Mezhbizh. Died in 1920.
Rabbi Yosef Moshe Heshil (1780-1856), the son and successor of the Rebbe of Opatow Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heshil.
After his father's death in 1825, a small group of his Hassidim in Mezhbizh announced him their Rebbe. His older brother, Rabbi Yitzchak Meir, who did not want to insult his younger brother, left the city of Mezhbizh and moved to Zinkov where he lived until he died. Rabbi Yosef Moshe remained in Mezhbizh. He inherited his father's apartment and his Beit Midrash, where he continued to pray with his Hassidim.
Rabbi Yosef Moshe refused to act as a Rebbe and encouraged his Hassidim to travel with him to his brother Yitzchak Meir in Zinkov, of whom he was a great admirer. Although he did not act as a Rebbe, on Rosh Chodesh, he used to travel to the small towns and villages which were under the cover of his father the Rebbe and lead a festive meal with the participation hundreds of people who came to feast with him.
He also used to travel to Rabbi Yisrael Friedman of Ruzhin.
100 leaves.
Condition: Good. New binding. The first three leaves and the last one are restored. The lower corner of all the leaves is worn. Time stains.
