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Chassidut – first edition Sefer Beit Yisrael, on Gemara, Pilpul, and Tosafot for Seder Nashim, by the Maggid of Kozhnitz, Warsaw, 1876 - Sefer Beit Yisrael (Kozhnitz) Warsaw, 1865–1876 – two editions – first and second Two editions, first and second editions of Sefer Beit Yisrael, novellae on the tractates of Shas. By Rabbi Yisrael son of Shabtai Hopshtein, the Maggid of Kozhnitz. • Sefer Beit Yisrael, on Tractates Berachot and Eruvin. Warsaw, printing of Tzvi Yaakov Bamberg, 1865. First edition. Partial copy, lacking the second part of the book on Tractates Shabbat, Rosh Hashanah, and Sukkah • Sefer Beit Yisrael. Warsaw, printing of Natan Shriftgisser, 1876. Second edition. On Tractates Niddah, Berachot, Eruvin, Shabbat, Rosh Hashanah, Sukkah, Ketubot, Kiddushin, and Nedarim. The remaining tractates were printed in the years 1877–1880. The author, the holy Gaon and divine kabbalist Rabbeinu Yisrael Hopshtein – known as “the Maggid of Kozhnitz” (1733/1737–1815), was among the fathers of Chassidut in Poland. He was known as a towering scholar, profound thinker, and innovative teacher. He was the prominent disciple of his great masters, the Maggid of Mezhirich, the holy Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk, and Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev. The Maggid of Kozhnitz authored many works in all areas of Torah, including halacha, novellae, derash, and Kabbalah, and was considered one of the greatest kabbalists of his generation. It is told that even in his youth, before traveling to the Maggid of Mezhirich, he had already studied some eight hundred works of Kabbalah. The sefer before us, Beit Yisrael, is a collection of his novellae printed years after his passing. When the Gaon, author of Avnei Nezer, learned with his students a tractate that had a Beit Yisrael, the sefer did not leave his table. Owners Ownership stamps and inscriptions of Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Heilprin of Jerusalem and Rabbi Yaakov Zvi Yuskowitz of Łódź. Volume I [First edition] Partial copy [1], 12, [1] leaves Tractates Berachot and Eruvin only, without the leaves on Tractates Shabbat, Rosh Hashanah, and Sukkah 28 cm Condition: good to fair Stains Small tears at edges of the title page, repaired with pasted paper Page trimming cutting into some headers Stamps New binding Volume II [Second edition] [2], 12, [1]; 16; 14–23, 25–26; 43–107 leaves 30.5 cm