Reshit Bikurim – Furth, 1708 – Signature and Stamps of Rebbe Nachum Duber Freidman of Sadigura

Reshit Bikurim, Kabalistic homiletics for Festivals. Part 1 – by Rabbi Chanoch ben Rabbi Avraham of Posen. Part 2 – by his son Rabbi Yehuda Leib Av Beit Din of Paberžė and its district. With additions [Part 3] by his grandson Rabbi Chanoch Henech Av Beit Din of Shteitich. Furth, [1708]. Only edition.
On Leaves 26-29 (between Part 1 and Part 2): Tochacha Megule, ethics and good comportments written by "A great man in Israel…concealed his name and did not write it in the book", with criticism on the events in Germany.
Signature on the front binding leaves [apparently in his own handwriting]: "This book belongs to Nachum Duber Freidman", and bookmark of the library of Rebbe Nachum Duber Freidman of Sadigura. On the title page are the Rebbe's stamp with a lion in the center and a second stamp "A gift" – which he used to stamp books which he received as gifts from his Chassidim and friends. At the top of the title page is a handwritten inscription: "Yehuda Leibush ben Beila Devora", apparently the name of the Chassid who gave the book to the Rebbe and wrote his name and the name of his mother like a kvittel, so that the Rebbe would mention him in his prayers (this inscription is found again on Leaf 8).
Rebbe Nachum Duber Freidman (died in 1883, Otzar HaRabbanim 15912), son of Rebbe Shalom Yosef of Ruzhin and son-in-law of his uncle Rebbe Avraham Ya'akov of Sadigura. He possessed one of the most prominent Torah libraries in his times [see previous item].
68 leaves (without the last leaf with the "Chart of mistakes" which is missing in most copies). 20 cm. Good-fair condition. Spots and time marks. Tears to several leaves. Worm damages. Contemporary binding, damaged.