Koheles Dovid by Rabbi Dovid of Tolna
Fine copy with wide margins!
First edition. Lublin, 1882
Commentary and chiddushim on the Torah and Yamim Tovim by the Admor Rabbi Dovid Twersky of Tolna.
In the introduction, the author writes that these teachings were delivered regularly each and every Shabbos: “Hashem has placed me as a spokesperson to guide the Congregation of Israel along the straight path, to bind them in eternal bond to perform the will of our Father in heaven.”
The sefarim of the Rebbe of Tolna are unique in that he not only authored them himself, rather than having them written by his disciples, but also personally printed and published them. This was true of his earlier works ‘Magen David’ (Zhitomir, 1852) and ‘Birkas David’ (Zhitomir, 1862), and so too with his final sefer, ‘Koheles Dovid’, printed in the final year of his life.
This edition includes two drashos delivered on the yahrtzeit of his father, the holy Maggid Rebbe Mordechai of Chernobyl (leaf 46).
A fine and impressive copy, with wide margins!
Antique leather binding with gilded engravings and the owner’s name engraved: “Yosef Dovid ben Rivka.”
Rabbi Dovid of Tolna (1808-1882) was renowned as a miracle worker who possessed ruach hakodesh. The son of Rabbi Mordechai of Chernobyl, he was named after his maternal grandfather Harav Dovid Leikes of Bar, a disciple of the Baal Shem Tov. In his youth, he was recognized for his phenomenal mind and wisdom. When he came of age, he married the daughter of Rabbi Yisrael Avraham of Czarny Ostrów, son of the legendary Reb Zusha of Anipoli. With the passing of his father in 1837, he assumed spiritual leadership of his flock, first in Vosylkov, but eventually moved his Holy Court to Tolna which grew to become one of the most prominent centers of Chassidus in Ukraine.
Lublin, 1882. First edition.
Page Count: 86 leaves.
Size: 26.4 cm.
Condition: Good, with minor tears in the margins of 3 leaves. Antique leather binding as noted, with a new spine.
The final two leaves contain omissions, selections, and corrections to ‘Magen David’, which also appears in the present catalog.
