Bidspirit auction | Shnei HaMeorot. Kishinev, 1896. First

Shnei HaMeorot. Kishinev, 1896. First edition. Sefer Shnei HaMeorot, novellae on the Torah and holidays by Rav Zvi Hirsch, a talmid of the Besht, and his grandson Rav Shmuel Kaminker. Divided into two ”Orot”: ”Ohr Rishon, ” novellae of the grandfather, Rav Zvi Hirsch; ”Ohr Sheini, ” by Rav Shmuel Kaminker. The famed tefillah for motzei Shabbos, by Rav Levi Yitzchak of Berditchov, ”Gott fun Avraham, ” appears for the first time at the end of this work. Lengthy, seven-paged list of pre-subscribers at the end of the work. Two title pages. Stamp of רב יעקב ליב טווערסקע לאנדען, from the Chernobyl dynasty, son-in-law of Rav Pinchas Heschel of Zinkov. He survived the pogroms in Russia and fled to Vienna, Berlin, Antwerp and then London, finally moving to Eretz Yisrael at the end of his life. Kishinev, 1896. First edition. 51, [5] leaves. 22 cm. Solitary worming holes, slightly worn binding with glue on the spine. Fine condition.