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Couple of Kabbalistic Books of the Admor Rabbi Mordechai David Teitelbaum Av Beit Din of Stitshin and Drohobych - Stamps and Many Ownership Notations - Volume with a couple of Kabbalistic books, the personal copy of the Admor Rabbi Mordechai David Teitelbaum Av Beit Din of Stitshin and Drohobych , the grandson of the Yismach Moshe of Ujheli. These books were with him for dozens of years - from the time he was Rav of Stitshin, through his immigration to Eretz Yisrael in 1902 and eventually, in his old age in Safed.  * Sefer Yonat Elem , on the Kabbalah by the foremost Mekubal of Italy, Rabbi Menachem Azaryah, the Rema of Fano. Lemberg, 1859. 75 leaves. approx. 18 cm. Missing title page.  * Bound with Sefer Matzat Shimurim , Kabbalistic elucidation on the Mitzvot of Mezuzah and Tefillin by the Mekubal Rabbi Natan Shapira HaYerushalmi, the editor of the Ari's writings. Zholkva, 1865. No pagination. The book seems complete yaet was not studied leaf-by-leaf.  Old, blemished binding. Stains and minor blemishes. Good overall condition.  Throughout the book, mainly at its beginning, there are no less than twelve imprints of his personal ownership stamp: ”מרדכי דויד טייטילבוים – חונה פעיה”ק צפת” alongside additional ownership notations indicating he owned the book. On the back flyleaf at the end of the book, there is an early notation from his time in Stitshin, before he immigrated to Eretz Yisrael: ”ב”ה זה הספר שייך להרב הק' דפה ק”ק סטוטשין”  - indicating he owned the book already in Galicia.   *** The Admor Rabbi Mordechai David Teitelbaum (d. 1920) Av Beit Din of Stitshin and later, Drohobych. Was the son of Rabbi nachum Zvi Teitelbaum of Drohobych, the son of Rabbi Elazar Nissan Teitelbaum of Drohobych - the father of the Sighet Chassidut, the son of Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum, the author of the Yismach Moshe.  He immigrated to Eretz Yisrael in 1902, settling at first in Meiron and later in Safed, where he became famed as a leading Admor and Mekubal. His name appears on public broadsides published by the rabbis of Safed. His grave in Safed was discovered in recent years and has become a place of prayer.