Yismach Moshe – On the Five Books of the Torah – First Editions of All Parts – Lviv, 1848-1861

Yismach Moshe – On the Five Books of the Torah – First Editions of All Parts – Lviv, 1848-1861
Complete set (five parts in four volumes) of Yismach Moshe on the Torah – Chassidic and kabbalistic homilies following the order of the weekly Torah portions, by R. Moshe Teitelbaum, Rabbi of Ujhel (Sátoraljaújhely). Parts I-V, on Bereshit, Shemot, Vayikra, Bamidbar and Devarim. Lviv, 1848-1861.
First editions of all five parts. Separate title page for each part. Approbations by the Divrei Chaim of Sanz and by the author's grandson, the Yitav Lev of Sighet, appear at the beginning of Bamidbar and at the beginning of Devarim.
The author, R. Moshe Teitelbaum, Rabbi of Ujhel (1759-1841), was the progenitor of the Sighet and Satmar dynasties, as well as other prominent Chassidic dynasties. Renowned already in his youth as an outstanding Torah scholar, he merited studying in the beit midrash of the Vilna Gaon. He served as rabbi of Shinova (Sieniawa) and Ujhel. He embraced Chassidut is his later years, and became a disciple of the Chozeh of Lublin and the Ohev Yisrael of Apta. In 1808, he was appointed rabbi of Ujhel and began disseminating Chassidut in Hungary. He was renowned in his times as rebbe and wonder-worker and frequently gave out amulets. His books include: Responsa Heshiv Moshe on Halacha, Yismach Moshe on the Torah and Tefilla LeMoshe on Tehillim.
Stamps, handwritten inscriptions and signatures on some of the title pages: "Shalom Ze'ev[?] son of Shlomo Leib"; "From the estate of R. Aryeh Wohl, 11th Kislev 1917, Zeev Taubes[?] ---"; "Chaim Uri Yakobowitz" (rabbi of Fábiánháza, perished in the Holocaust in 1944, son-in-law of R. Chizkiya Fisch); "Yaakov Meir Wald" (head of the Klausenburg Beit Din, 1866-1928, son-in-law of R. Moshe Shmuel Glazner Rabbi of Klausenburg); "Yehuda Leibush Wald".
Four volumes. Vol. I (Bereshit): [1], 117 leaves. Vol. II (Shemot): 90 leaves. Vol. III (Vayikra): 42 leaves. Vol. IV (Bamidbar and Devarim): [1], 49; 3, [1], 5-72, [1] leaves. Leaves 1-3 of Devarim are bound out of sequence, before the title page. Approx. 24-25 cm.
Overall good condition. Stains and wear. Light dampstains. Vol. II in good-fair condition: worming to some leaves, affecting text, repaired with paper. Small tears to edges, repaired with paper. Minor worming to Vol. IV. New leather bindings.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 239, 240.