Yeshuot Yaakov – Lviv, 1862 – Copy of Munkacs Rebbes – Shem Shlomo and His Son the Darchei Teshuvah

Yeshuot Yaakov – Lviv, 1862 – Copy of Munkacs Rebbes – Shem Shlomo and His Son the Darchei Teshuvah

Yeshuot Yaakov, commentary on Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer, Part I, by R. Yaakov Meshulam Orenstein, Rabbi of Lviv. Lemberg (Lviv): Tzvi Hirsch Sperling and Berish Luria, 1862. Second edition.

Copy of Rebbe Shlomo Shapiro, Rabbi of Strzyżów and Munkacs, author of Shem Shlomo, and his son Rebbe Tzvi Hirsch Shapiro, Rabbi of Munkacs, author of Darchei Teshuvah.
On the title page and other leaves – stamps of Rebbe "Tzvi Hirsch Shapiro" on the front endpaper and inside the front board: various ownership inscriptions stating that the book belongs to "the holy rabbi, Rabbi of Strzyżów", "Belongs… R. Shlomo Shapiro, Rabbi of Strzyżów"; ownership inscriptions [apparently by the young R. Tzvi Hirsch Shapiro]: "This book belongs to Tzvi… Strzyżów"; "This book belongs to Tz[vi] H[irsch]"; "Belongs to Tzvi Hirsch in Strzyżów".
Additional inscriptions, Torah inscriptions and various signatures.
Stamp on title page: "Pinchas Rubenstein of Balassagyarmat" [Pinchas Rubenstein of Balassagyarmat, student in the Galanta yeshiva ca. 1928 – his name appears in the list of pre-subscribers to books printed between the years 1928-1931, including Beit Shlomo with the biography of the Shem Shlomo and Darchei Teshuvah].

Rebbe Shlomo Shapiro of Munkacs (1831-1893), son of Rebbe Elazar Shapiro of Lantzut (Łańcut) and grandson of Rebbe Tzvi Elimelech Shapiro of Dinov (Dynów), author of Bnei Yissachar. Succeeded his father as Rabbi of Strzyżów and later served as Rabbi of Munkacs (Mukachevo).

His son, R. Tzvi Hirsch Shapiro, author of Darchei Teshuva (1845-1914), a leading Torah and Chassidic scholar, he succeeded his father as Rabbi of Munkacs and led thousands of followers. Founded Kollel Munkacs and served as Nesi Eretz Israel.

[1], 82, 85-104, [1] leaves. 39.5 cm. Fair-poor condition. Many stains, traces of former dampness and mold. Heavy wear and creases to margins. Tears, including open tears to title page and other leaves, affecting title frame, partially repaired with paper. Many handwritten inscriptions and stamps. Early binding, worn and damaged, detached on both sides, missing spine.