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The First Divrei Torah of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz which were Published: Baruch Ta'am - First Edition Lviv, 1841 - Pedigreed Copy - Sefer Baruch Ta'am, Chidushim on the Sugyot of the Shas and Shut by the Gaon Rabbi Baruch Frankel-Teomim, Av Beit Din of Leipnik. Lviv, the Press of Yehuda Leib Balavan, 1841. First edition. With an approbation by Maran the Chasam Sofer. Fine, well-preserved copy.  The first edition of the of the famed book Baruch Taam, edited and published by the author's son-in-law, the Admor Rabbi Chaim Halberstam of Sanz, author of the Divrei Chaim.  The Divrei Chaim edited the book, added indices and wrote a special foreword describing how he edited his in-law's writings - everything anonymously.  In addiiton, the Divrei Chaim added dozens of lengthy glosses of his own, which were printed on the margisn of the sheets throughout the book. These glosses are the first of his Divrei Torah that were published and they make this edition espcially important.  Only in the second edition that was published in Premishla in 1878, after the Divrei Chaim's passing, was his name mentioned on the title page as the editior of the book. The fact that he was the editor of the first edition is known from his letter to Rabbi Elazar Halevi Horowitz, Av Beit Din of Vienna, which was printed at the beginning of the book.  Owner's signature: the Gaon Rabbi Nanat Gestetner Av beit Din of Kiryat Agudat Yisrael in Bnei Berak, author of Lehorot Natan and a leading contemporary Moreh Hora'ah.  [3], 40; 46 leaves. Approx. 35 cm.  Good condition. Aging stains. Slight wear to the some corners as a result of turning the book's pages.  Stefansky Chassidut #93; Stefansky Yesod, p. 163 of the supplements.  *** The Gaon Rabbi Baruch Frankel-Teomim author of the Baruch Taam (1760-1828) one of the famed Geonim of Ashkenaz in the early 19th century.  His yeshiva in Leipnik was one of the most imprtant centers of Torah in his generation and many leading rabbis were his disciples inc;uding his son-in-law, the Divrei Chaim, who studied the Shas with him for many years.