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Degel Machaneh Efraim – Korets, 1810 – First Edition
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Degel Machaneh Efraim – Korets, 1810 – First Edition
Degel Machaneh Efraim, Chassidic teachings on the Torah, by R. Moshe Chaim Efraim Ashkenazi Rabbi of Sudilkov (Sudylkiv), grandson of the Baal Shem Tov. Korets, 1810, first edition.
The book bears approbations by foremost Chassidic leaders: R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, the Maggid R. Yisrael of Kozhnitz, R. Yaakov Yitzchak HaLevi Horowitz the Chozeh of Lublin, R. Avraham Yehoshua Heshel Rabbi of Apta, and the Be'er Mayim Chaim. Selections from the Baal Shem Tov, as well as "the dreams found in the writings of the holy rabbi" are printed at the end of the book.
An early Chassidic book. This book is one of the first and most reliable sources of the teachings of the Baal Shem Tov, received directly from him by the author R. Moshe Chaim Efraim of Sudilkov (d. 1800), his grandson (son of the Baal Shem Tov's pious daughter Odel). The Baal Shem Tov mentions this grandson in his renowned letter to his brother-in-law R. Gershon of Kitov in 1752 as a tremendous genius. Chassidic leaders greatly praised the holiness of this book, and its ability to inspire whoever studies it with fear of G-d, as R. Levi Yitzchak wrote in his approbation to the book: "I am convinced that this book will enthuse the hearts of our Jewish brethren to worship G-d".
All the approbations stress the author's lineage as grandson of the Baal Shem Tov, and that the book is replete with the latter's essential teachings.
This book was later reprinted in many editions. One edition of the book was published during the Holocaust (Sighet, 1942), and R. Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich Rabbi of Shamloi wrote in his approbation to that edition that studying it can greatly strengthen one's faith, something which is of great necessity in such dark times.
[2], 114 leaves. 21 cm. Greenish paper. Good-fair condition. Stains. Dampstains and traces of mold. Some damage, slightly affecting text. Minor worming to several leaves. Bookbinding holes to inner margins. Censorship stamp to title page. New leather binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 128.
