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Rare Chassidic Sefer Divrei Tzaddikim by the Rav of Oshpitzin Zolkiew, c. 1845. First Edition. * A chassidic commentary on the Torah, together with collected teachings on prayer, the Gemara, and more, by Rabbi Dov Berish Frumer of Oshpitzin (Oświęcim), a disciple of the Chozeh of Lublin and Rabbi Shlomo of Chrzanów. This is a small chassidic work, and exceedingly rare. Already thirty years after its printing, Rabbi Shimon Sofer, Av Beis Din of Cracow and son of the Chasam Sofer, wrote: “It is rare to find, for out of great affection it became scattered” (in his approbation to the Przemyśl edition of 1874). The author draws from the teachings and sefarim of the chassidic tzaddikim, such as Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk, Ohr HaMeir, the Meor VeShemesh, Rabbi Zusha of Anipoli, and Rabbi Moshe Leib of Sassov. The holy author, Rav of Oshpitzin (d. 1838), one of the Galician Rebbes in the 19th century, was the primary disciple and successor of Rabbi Shlomo Buchner of Chrzanow, who said of him: “What I possessed I placed upon him, and he received it all. What he attained on his own — I cannot attain.” He also traveled to the Chozeh of Lublin, who said of him: “He studies Torah for its own sake.” He served as Rav of Oshpitzin during the final decade of his life (1828–1838), and only a small portion of his chiddushim were preserved through the writings of his disciples in this sefer, Divrei Tzaddikim. This sefer is his sole work, a surviving remnant of the Torah of one of the tzaddikim of Chassidus. Zolkiew, c. 1845. First edition. Page Count: [2], 32, [4] leaves. Two identical title pages. Condition: Good, a fine copy. New half-leather binding. Bibliography : Stefansky Chassidus, no. 123. ----------------------- Although the title page bears the year “1826,” this date is inaccurate, for the author is mentioned in the memorial for the departed, and he passed away in 1838. The Institute for Hebrew Bibliography estimates the printing date as approximately 1845.