Aspaklariya HaMe'ira - Fürth, 1776 - Copy of Rebbe Yehoshua of Ostrova and of His Grandson Rebbe Yosef Zvi ...

Aspaklariya HaMe'ira - Fürth, 1776 - Copy of Rebbe Yehoshua of Ostrova and of His Grandson Rebbe Yosef Zvi Kalisch of Skierniewice
Aspaklariya HaMe'ira, revealed and esoteric commentary on the Zohar, by R. Zvi Hirsh HaLevi Horowitz. Furth, [1776]. Approbation by R. Yehonatan Eybeschütz.
Signatures on title page: "Chaim Guntzhausen", "Lipman Wertheim".
Stamps of R. "Yehoshua son of the late Moharshel of Sosnowiec and now of Ostroh" appear at the top of the title page. On leaf 2 are stamps of his grandson (son-in-law of his granddaughter) R. Yosef Zvi Kalisch of Skierniewice. Perhaps, this copy was also in the possession of R. Yitzchak Ya'akov of Biala, son-in-law of R. Yehoshua and father-in-law of R. Yosef Zvi.
R. Yehoshua of Ostrova (died in 1873, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut, Vol. 2, pp. 52-53), was a Polish tsaddik, son of R. Shlomo Leib of Łęczna. He succeeded his father in leading a large following of thousands of Chassidim and was renowned for his greatness and holiness. Author of the book Toldot Adam (Józefów 1875) which earned the cognomen No'am Elimelech HaKatan. His son-in-law R. Yitzchak Ya'akov Rabinowitz of Biala was the predecessor of the Biala Chassidism.
R. Yosef Zvi Kalisch of Skierniewice (1886-1957), scion of the Warka Chassidism, son-in-law of R. Yitzchak Ya'akov of Biala, served as Rabbi of Kartashov, and was later summoned by Skierniewice Chassidim led by R. Yitzchak Gerstenkorn, founder of the city, to fill the position of first Rabbi of Bnei Brak.
124 leaves. 33 cm. Good-fair condition, most leaves are in good condition. Tears to title page restored with paper and to last leaves (coarse adhesive tape). Stains. Worming, affecting text in several places. Old binding.