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Tefillah LeMoshe / Beit Yisrael / Daat Moshe – Three Books by Rebbes of Kozhnitz – Distinguished Copies - Collection of three books by Rebbes of Kozhnitz: a work by the Maggid of Kozhnitz, R. Yisrael Hopstein, and two works by his son and successor Rebbe Moshe Elyakim Brieh Hopstein. Some distinguished copies. • Beit Yisrael, novellae on Tractates Pesachim (last chapter only), Beitzah, Chagigah and Moed Katan, by R. Yisrael Hopstein, the Maggid of Kozhnitz. Warsaw, 1877. First edition. Copy of R. Yehoshua Heshel Frankel-Teomim, Rabbi of Sobków (grandson of the Divrei Yechezkel of Shinova). Ownership inscription at top of title page (partially defective) of ”Yehoshua Heshel---”; on title page and several other leaves, stamps of R. ”Yehoshua Heshel Teomim Frankel”, and other stamps deleted by scraping. On p. 8b, handwritten gloss (ink and pencil). R. Yehoshua Heshel Frankel-Teomim, Rabbi of Sobków (d. 1894), son of R. Pinchas Teomim Frankel (the great son-in-law of Rebbe Yechezkel Halberstam of Shinova). Son-in-law of Rebbe Shmuel Chaim of Chentshin. After he passed away at a young age, his widow married Rebbe Elimelech Shapiro of Grodzisk, becoming mother of Rebbe Kalonymus Kalman of Piaseczno, author of Chovat HaTalmidim. • Daat Moshe, Chassidic homilies on the Torah and festivals by Rebbe Moshe Elyakim Brieh Hopstein of Kozhnitz. Lviv, 1879. First edition. Large open tears to title page and first leaves, repaired with paper. Copy of Rebbe Eliezer Horowitz of Chentshin-Kielce and his son-in-law Rebbe Yechiel Aharon Horowitz of Chentshin. At top of title page, his handwritten ownership inscription: ”Eliezer HaLevi Horowitz”, and more signatures of his at center and edges of title page. On leaf 47 and other pages, stamps of the Rebbe: ”Eliezer Levi Horowitz son of the Tzaddik of Chentshin”, on edge of title page (over paper repair) stamp of his son-in-law Rebbe ”Yechiel Aharon HaLevi Horowitz son of the deceased R. Y. Y., here in Kielce”. Another inscription on title page, dated 1923, of ”Yosef Chaim Biegeleisen[?]”. Stamps: ”Library of Yom Tov Lipman Laskowitz son of R. Meir Shalom” and other stamps. Rebbe Eliezer HaLevi Horowitz of Chentshin-Kielce (1866-1919), son of Rebbe Chaim Shmuel HaLevi of Chentshin (1843-1916, from the dynasty of the Chozeh of Lublin), and son-in-law of Rebbe Moshe Yosef Teitelbaum Rabbi of Stropków and Ujhel (1845-1897, son of the Yitav Lev). Succeeded his father as Rebbe in Kielce for three especially difficult years (1916-1919) due to the scarcity in the wake of World War I. His son-in-law and nephew, R. Yechiel Aharon HaLevi Horowitz Sternfeld (perished in Holocaust ca. 1943), son of R. Yaakov Yitzchak of Chentshin (d. 1903 at a young age), son of Rebbe Chaim Shmuel HaLevi Horowitz of Chentshin. • Tefillah LeMoshe, Chassidic homilies on the festival of Sukkot, with Hoshanot and Hakafot for Simchat Torah, by Rebbe Moshe Elyakim Brieh Hopstein of Kozhnitz. Lviv, 1866. Second edition. Elaborate new leather binding. Large dark stains on all leaves. On last endpaper, ownership inscriptions (in pencil). 3 books. Varying condition. Fair-good to fair condition. Stains, including dark stains. Wear. Tears and open tears, affecting text. Non-uniform bindings.