Rav Peninim – Frankfurt an der Oder, 1782 – By the Author of the Pri Megadim and his Father, Rabbi Meir – Includes ...

Rav Peninim – Frankfurt an der Oder, 1782 – By the Author of the Pri Megadim and his Father, Rabbi Meir – Includes a Passage Written in the Lifetime of the Ba'al Shem Tov
Rav Peninim, with three books: Nofet Tzufim U'Me'irat Einayim by Rabbi Meir Te'omim, magid in the city of Lubartów and magid and Torah authority in Lvov. Teivat Gome by his son, Rabbi Yosef ben Rabbi Meir Te'omim (Av Beit Din of Frankfurt an der Oder, author of Pri Megadim). And Shoshanat Ha'Amakim, by Rabbi Yosef Te'omim. Frankfurt an der Oder, [1782]. Three title pages. In the book Nofet Tzofim U'Mei'rat Einayim (Leaf 29/2), the author quotes a letter by Rabbi Gershon of Kitev, sent from Eretz Israel by "the Chassid Rabbi Gershon to his famous brother-in-law the Ba'al Shem Tov, Rabbi Yisrael: 'And when I arrived in the holy city of Jerusalem and saw that it was built up with all good things, I fell on my face and wept and said, You, Jerusalem who are like a widow, how do you dress in such handsome clothing?! If only I could see you in your destruction…" [These words were written by the author Rabbi Meir Te'omim during the lifetime of the Ba'al Shem Tov. The author's son, author of Pri Megadim who published the book left the passage as written by his father, with "birkat hachaim (when the Ba'al Shem Tov was still alive)]. On the title page is an ancient signature: "Yehuda Leib of Warka –". At the top of the title page is another cutoff signature: "Zvi Hirsh [Stern?]. Various stamps, and stamps in of "Avraham Meller Katz Warka". [The signature of Rabbi Yehuda Leib is from the 18th century, and the stamp of the Polish censor, from after the "book decree" in 1837, is stamped upon the signature and obscures the inscription as to the place he served in the rabbinate]. [2], 136 leaves (missing additional leaf added to some copies at the end of Shoshanat Ha'Amakim). 20 cm. Fair condition, wear and stains, worming to last leaves damaging text. Worn damaged binding. Stefansky Chassidut no. 532.