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Heshiv Moshe – Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum of Ohel. Lemberg, 1866 First Edition - Heshiv Moshe, responsa on all four sections of the Shulchan Aruch, by the Rebbe Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum, Rabbi of Ohel. Lemberg, 1866. First edition. Printed with the approbations of two of the leading rabbinic authorities of the generation: the Shoel U’Meishiv and the Divrei Chaim of Sanz. The volume opens with an introduction by the author’s grandson, the Rebbe Rabbi Yekusiel Yehuda Teitelbaum, author of Yetev Lev, who prepared the work for publication. His annotations are printed throughout the text and signed with the initials יי”ט. The author, Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum of Ohel (1759–1841), is universally known as the Yismach Moshe, after his celebrated work by that name, although he authored numerous other important books. A distinguished disciple of the Maggid of Kozhnitz, he was renowned both for his extraordinary scholarship and his spiritual stature. Regarded as the founding patriarch of Hungarian Hasidism, he was among the greatest Hasidic leaders of his era. A revered kabbalist and miracle-working tzaddik, he was widely sought for halachic guidance, blessings, and amulets, which became famous throughout the Jewish world. Influenced by his son-in-law, Rabbi Aryeh Leib of Strizov, author of Aryeh D’bei Ila’i, he traveled to the Seer of Lublin and became deeply attached to the Hasidic movement. In 1808 he was appointed Rabbi of Ohel, where he became the foremost pioneer and disseminator of Hasidism in Hungary. His reputation for holiness spread far and wide. Even the Chatam Sofer, with whom he maintained halachic correspondence, requested his blessings and prayers on behalf of his son, the Ketav Sofer, during a serious illness. His descendants later established the renowned dynasties of Sighet and Satmar. Ownership stamp: Shmuel Greenwald, Munkács. Stefansky, Chassidut, no. 187. [1], 38, 82, [1] leaves. 36 cm. Good condition. Minor marginal tears. Worn and damaged simple binding.