Kol Aryeh by the Mochiach of Polonnoye. First Edition. Koritz, 1798
One of the very first sifrei chassidus!
Commentary, drashos and mussar on the Torah, Nach and Aggadah by the Admor Rabbi Aryeh Leib, the Mochiach of Polonnoye, who was one of the earliest disciples of the Baal Shem Tov and greatest disseminators of his Torah.
This “holy and pure sefer” (description of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev in his approbation to the sefer) was printed based on a handwritten manuscript found in the archives of Rabbi Aryeh Leib’s prime disciple, Rabbi Gedalya of Linitz, author of Teshuos Chen (see approbation by Rabbi Asher Tzvi of Ostroh).
Rabbi Aryeh Leib, the Mochiach of Polonnoye (d. 1770) was one of the earliest disciples of the Baal Shem Tov and a member of his chaburah. The Baal Shem Tov held him in the highest esteem and revealed profound teachings and exalted kabbalistic secrets to him. At his master’s behest, he took it upon himself to become a “mochiach ”, a rebuker, wandering from city to town to village across Europe where he “illuminated the Diaspora with his Torah” (approbation by Rabbi Asher Tzvi of Ostroh). Numerous stories regarding Rabbi Aryeh Leib and the Baal Shem Tov appear in the work Shivchei HaBaal Shem Tov.
Rabbi Aryeh Leib was the one to introduce the Toldos Yaakov Yosef to the Baal Shem Tov. The Toldos Yaakov Yosef cites Rabbi Aryeh Leib’s Divrei Torah in his sefer, and he printed part of the eulogy that he delivered upon him in his sefer Tzafnas Paneach, Parshas Yisro.
Koritz, 1798. First edition. Page Count: [1], 65.
Page Size: 19.7 cm.
Condition: Good with mild stains. New binding. Owners listing and signatures.
Bibliography: Stefansky, Chassidus #518
