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Tiferet Shlomo on the Torah and Likkutim – One of the foundational works of Chassidut, First Edition. Warsaw 1869. Copy with nice margins. - First edition of one of the essential books of Chassidic thought: Tiferet Shlomo – on the Torah. Warsaw, 1869. Original insights and commentaries in the spirit of Kabbalah and Chassidut on the Torah and on various topics, by the holy Rebbi Shlomo HaKohen of Radomsk. The holy sefer Tiferet Shlomo is one of the most important and foundational works of Chassidic teaching, cherished and revered in the Chassidic world. In concise, sharp, and clear language, with a pleasant and accessible style, the Tiferet Shlomo presents the lofty demands of the Chassidic path from the Jew in his service of God – matters of self-sacrifice, holiness, and guarding the covenant. He writes at length, with heartfelt pain, about the exile of the Shechinah and the elevation of sparks from the depths of the kelipah. The work also contains great and original innovations in the mystical teachings of the Ari, especially regarding the sublime unifications between the Holy One, blessed be He, and Knesset Yisrael – in which he revealed wondrous insights. The Divrei Chaim of Sanz writes in his approbation “the sefer will be of benefit to the world, and especially to the faithful of spirit who follow the Chassidic way, for his words are pleasant.” The holy Rebbi Menachem Mendel of Warka said of this sefer: “I have seen in this sefer three new things – that if the holy rebbi, the author, had not revealed them to us, we would not have known them until the coming of the Messiah.” The Tiferet Shlomo was printed in two volumes after the author’s passing. The first volume, on the Festivals, was printed in 1867; the second, on the weekly Torah portions, was printed in 1869. Part of the work was written in the author’s own holy handwriting, while another part was written by his disciple, the sefer’s editor, Rabbi Shmuel Zanwil Tzvi of Plavna, from what he heard directly from his teacher (after being healed from a serious illness through his teacher’s prayers). For every section copied from the author’s manuscript, the printers note (at its beginning or end) “from his holy handwriting” (mikhtav yado hakadosh) in order to distinguish it from material recorded by the student-editor. In the introduction to the Festival volume, the author’s sons write regarding the manuscripts from which the sefer was printed: “These holy writings were composed at his instruction over the course of several years before the Ark of God was taken… And many of these letters, which were in his very own handwriting, have been printed and marked as copied ‘from his holy handwriting’… In the last year before his passing, he instructed that all the notebooks be taken… and divided into two parts – one part on the order of the festivals, Chanukah and Purim, and the second on the order of the Torah portions. We saw how precious these writings were in his eyes, never leaving his hand, guarding them like the apple of his eye.” [2], 158, 29, [1] Leaves. Nice Margins : 26.2 Cm. Stefansky, Chassidut no. 637; and Sifrei Yesod no. 395.