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One of the First Sifrei Chassidus! Sefer Ginzei Yosef – Levov, 1792. First Edition - Sefer Ginzei Yosef, Ma’amarim on Mussar, Drush, Chassidus, and Kabbalah on the order of the Parshios, with Chiddushim on tractates Berachot, Shabbos, Pesachim, and Sukkah, by the holy Rabbi Yosef Bloch, Av Beis Din of Alesk and Stanov. Levov, 1792. First edition, with approbations from Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Bardichev, Rabbi Zusha of Hanipol, Rabbi Yaakov Shimshon of Shpituvka, Rabbi Avraham Moshe of Pshevorsk, and more. The author, the holy Rabbi Yosef Bloch (1724-1790), one of the talmidim of the Maggid of Mezritch, Av Beis Din of Alesk, and a Maggid in Stanov. Became famous in the Chassidic world due to his Sefer ‘Ginzei Yosef’, which is considered one of the first Chassidic Seforim. This Sefer received approbations also from renowned “Misnagdim”, such as Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Rosanis, Av Beis Din of Levov, who wrote of him: “who has not stirred from the tent of Torah and turned night into day”. On the title page and others are stamps of the renowned Gaon Rabbi “Chaim Heller” (1879-1960, author of ‘Sefer HaMItzvot” and “Lechikrei Halachot”). Additional stamp on p. 2 “the y. Elimelech son of C. B”K(?) Endelman”. Deleted handwritten notation on the title page. Many words in the text, mostly mention of “gentile”, “nations”, and more were circled by hand. [4], 98, 27 pp. 27cm. Stains and wear. Mold markings on many pages. Light tears. Defects and tiny moth markings on the title page and others, mainly at lower margins; repaired with paper filling, with very slight damage to text in a few pages (the title page and several others were professionally restored). Handwritten markings within the text. New, luxurious leather binding. Good condition. Stephansky, Chassidus #110.