Zera Efraim - Copy of Rabbi Shlomo Kluger and of the Husyatyn Rebbe

Zera Efraim. Midrash Psikta D'Rav Kahana, with the commentary of Rabbi Efraim Zalman Margaliot. Lemberg, 1853.
On the endpapers and on the title page are long interesting ownership inscriptions, from 1851. Signed by Rabbi Avraham Binyamin Kluger of Brody who writes that the book belongs to his father "…Rabbi Shlomo Kluger". Stamp of "Library of Yisrael Freidman of Husyatyn". Many glosses in a later handwriting [written in pen, mid-20th century].
Rabbi Shlomo Kluger (1786-1869), a leading Torah authority, served as Ra'avad and orator in Brody, had great impact on all Jewish communities, both in the realm of halachic rulings and in public leadership. In 1820, at the young age of 33, he was appointed Ra'avad of the city of Brody, which at that time was the largest Torah center in Galicia, a choice initiated by Rabbi Efraim Zalman Margaliot - a prominent Torah scholar who lived in Brody. Rabbi Shlomo Kluger wrote more than 100 books on halacha and Talmudic treatises, many of which were reprinted a number of times in later editions. His son, Rabbi Avraham Binyamin Kluger (1841-1916), his father's assistant in public leadership, exchanged halachic correspondence with many rabbis of his times from all over the world who aspired to hear his great father's rulings on various matters.
Rebbe Yisrael Freidman of Husyatyn (1858-1949, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut Vol. 2, pp. 561-562), the eldest Ruzhyn Rebbe and last grandson of his grandfather, Rabbi Israel of Ruzhyn [after whom he was named]. In 1894, after his father's death, he succeeded his father as Rebbe of Husyatyn and his followers numbered thousands of Chassidim. In his senior years, he moved to Eretz Israel and established his court in Tel Aviv.
[1], 97, [2] leaves. 25.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Worming affecting text to some leaves. Detached leaves. Wear and few stains. Contemporary torn binding.