Yismach Moshe – Bereshit – First Edition – Lemberg, 1848

Yishmach Moshe, on Bereshit. By Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum Av Beit Din of Ujhely. Lemberg, 1848. First edition.
the author, Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum Av Beit Din Ujhely (1756-1841) was called by the name of his famous book, the Yismach Moshe. He was born in Poland and from his youth was privileged to study in the Beit Midrash of the Vilna Gaon. Served as Rabbi of Sieniawa and Ujhely, he exchanged halachic correspondence with leading rabbis in his times (the Chatam Sofer an others). In his later years he was drawn to Chassidism (after his daughter's marriage to Rabbi Aryeh Leib, author of Aryeh Devei Ila'i, who accompanied him on his travels to Lublin) and he became a disciple of the Chozeh of Lublin and the Ohev Yisrael of Apta.
In 1808, he was appointed Rabbi of Ujhely and thereafter spread Chassidism in Hungary. He was renowned as a prominent rebbe and wonder-worker and wrote many amulets. Among his books: Heshiv Moshe halachic responsa, Yismach Moshe, and Tefillah L'Moshe. Among his descendants are the Rebbes of Siget and Satmar and other prominent Hassidic dynasties.
Many ownership inscriptions: "Asher Yeshaya Schwartz", Yitzchak Isaac Schwartz", "Moshe David Freidman ben Rabbi Ya'akov Peretz…", "Mordechai Avraham Truk", "Chaim Shnitzer", "Aharon Shmuel Deutch", etc.
[1], 117 leaves. 24 cm. Good-fair condition, wear and stains. Ancient binding, damaged.
Stefansky Chassidut no. 239.