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“Beit Eked HaSefarim shel HaRav HaTzaddik mi-Bohush, z”ya”: Kuntres HaShemot, First Edition. Copy from the Bohush Rebbes' Library - Kuntres HaShemot – A Kabbalistic Work by the Renowned Admor, the Holy Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch of Ziditchov, known as the “Sar Beit HaZohar.” Lemberg, [1848]. First Edition. The sacred copy before us belonged to one or more of the Admorim of Bohush and was kept in their sefarim collection. On leaf [14]a, in the left margin, appears an ownership inscription: “Beit Eked HaSefarim shel HaRav HaTzaddik mi-Bohush, z”ya”. [Given the 1848 print date, this likely refers to the first Admor of Bohush, the holy Rabbi Yitzchak Friedman, eldest grandson of the Rebbe of Ruzhin.] On the title page appears an ownership signature: “This book belongs to R’ Leibel b”r Yitzchak z”l.” [1], 2, [15] leaves. 24 cm. Good condition. Age stains. Minor worming. Professional restoration to the margins of the title page with slight loss of text. New, elegant binding. The Author, Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Eichenstein (1763–1831), was known as the “Sar Beit HaZohar” due to his greatness in Kabbalah. The leading sages of his generation revered him and spoke of him in extraordinary terms. A disciple of the Chozeh of Lublin, Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch transformed Ziditchov, after the passing of his teacher in 1815, into one of the great Chassidic centers of Galicia. The present book is a supplemental part of his Ataret Tzvi. Beginning with the second edition of Ataret Tzvi (Lemberg, 1871–1872), most of Kuntres HaShemot was integrated into the main work. Rabbi Yitzchak Friedman of Bohush (1835–1896), the first Admor of Bohush, was the grandson of Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhin. His father, Rabbi Shalom Yosef Friedman of Sadigura, the eldest son of the holy Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhin, passed away ten months after his father. Rabbi Yitzchak assumed leadership at the young age of 17, serving concurrently with his uncles. He first led in Potik, the family estate, and in 1866 he settled in the town of Bohush, in Moldova. Under his leadership, Bohush became a major Chassidic center, visited by thousands of followers. His son, Rabbi Yisrael Shalom Yosef Friedman, succeeded him in Bohush. Another son, Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Leib Friedman, founded a Chassidic court in Pașcani.