Bidspirit auction | Collection of Books – Kozhnitz

Collection of Books – Kozhnitz Chassidut – 1866-1898 - Five books of Rebbe Moshe Elyakim Brie Hopstein of Kozhnitz, son and successor of R. Yisrael Hopstein, the Maggid of Kozhnitz, most first editions: • Tefillah LeMoshe, Chassidic homilies for Sukkot with hoshanot and hakafot for Simchat Torah. Lviv, 1866. Second edition. • Daat Moshe, Chassidic homilies on the Torah and festivals. Lviv, 1879. First edition. Several stamps on title page. • Binat Moshe. Cracow, 1888. First edition. Lacking leaves 1-2 after title page. Ownership inscription on title page (in pencil). Bound with: Pelach HaRimon, homilies by R. Betzalel of Slutsk. Lviv, [1887]. • Passover Haggadah with Gevurot Yisrael commentary by R. Yisrael Hopstein, the Maggid of Kozhnitz, and Mateh Moshe commentary by R. Moshe Elyakim Brie of Kozhnitz. Lviv, 1898. Inscriptions on title page. Otzar HaHaggadot 2071. • Kohelet Moshe, Chassidic discourses on the Torah, by Rebbe Moshe Elyakim Brieh of Kozhnitz. Lublin: Press of Moshe Schneidmesser and Nechama Herschenhorn, 1906. Stereotype printing of the first edition (1905). Ownership stamps of ”Nathan Aharon Wolf” of Kraków, and signatures of ”Yaakov….”. Rebbe Moshe Elyakim Brieh (1757?-1828) was a close disciple of his father, the Maggid of Kozhnitz, and of R. Zusha of Anipoli. A humble man, he was appointed as his father's successor by the Chozeh of Lublin. In his many works, he quotes extensively from teachings and traditions which he received from his father and other prominent Chassidic leaders. 5 books (and one additional book). Varying size and condition. Non-uniform bindings.