Auction 046 Special Chabad Auction in Honor of 11th Nisan - Birthday of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, and in Honor of Pesach
Likutim Yekarim, anthology of Chassidic essays from the founders of Chassidut, R. Yisrael Baal Shem Tov, and his disciples: R. Dov Ber Maggid of Mezeritch, R. Menachem Mendel of Premishlan and R. Yechiel Michel Maggid of Zlotchov. Lviv: R. Yehuda Shlomo Yarish Rappoport, [1792]. First Edition.
The present book mostly comprises selections of the teachings of the Maggid of Mezeritch.
The printing press of R. Yehuda Shlomo Yarish Rappoport of Lviv notably published the holy book "Noam Elimelech" in 1788. The printing workers employed in the press were reputed to be holy men, among the 36 hidden Tzaddikim of the generation.
Signatures and stamps.
[2], 40 ff. 22 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains and dark stains. Wear. Worming, affecting text, mostly repaired. Large open tears to title page margins, affecting border. Marginal open tears to most leaves, affecting headings and text, repaired with paper (with photocopy replacement). Book professionally restored. New leather binding.
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Sefer Maggid Devarav LeYaakov, Likutei Amarim, by the Maggid R. Dov Ber of Mezeritch (Mezhirichi). Lviv, [1797].
Title page states: "the book Maggid Devarav LeYaakov [the last letters of the name of the book are emphasized on the title page, alluding to the name of the author, R. Dov], selected discourses... pure sayings... hearken to the words of the king... every month and every week... from the great and holy Torah scholar.... R. Dov Ber, who was a preacher in Mezeritch and other communities...".
The book was brought to print by R. Shlomo of Lutsk (author of Divrat Shlomo), a close disciple and relative of the Maggid of Mezeritch. R. Shlomo wrote two comprehensive forewords to the book, renowned in the Chassidic world, which portray the elevated stature of his teachers, the Baal Shem Tov and the Maggid of Mezeritch, the Divine Inspiration which rested upon them, and the lofty levels they reached.
4, [1], 4-31 ff. Approx. 22 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including large dampstains and dark stains. Wear. Minor tears. Marginal open tears to title page, not affecting texst or border. Inscriptions and stamps. New leather binding.
Erroneous date on title page; date of publication according to the "Bibliography of the Hebrew Book 1470-1960".
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Amudei Gola, Sefer Mitzvot Katan (Semak) by R. Yitzchak (Isaac) of Corbeil. Liadi: Baruch, Yitzchak and Moshe Segal, [1805].
Approbations by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi – the Baal HaTanya, and R. Chanoch Henich Shick of Shklov. This is one of the few approbations of the Ba'al HaTanya to ever be printed.
Approx. 21 cm. Blueish paper. Good condition. Stains, including dark stains. Wear. Tears, including small open tears to title page (not affecting text). Minor worming. Leaves unevenly trimmed. Stamps. New binding.
The only Hebrew book printed in Liadi, Ba'al HaTanya's home town. For more about the Liadi printing house, see: Friedberg, Toldot HaDfus HaIvri B'Polania (History of Jewish Printing in Poland), p. 137. 117, 116-117 ff.
Shulchan Aruch HaRav, laws of Pesach (sections 429-499), by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi – The Baal HaTanya. [Shklow, 1814]. First Edition.
Many short glosses. Copy of Rebbe Aharon Brandwein of Felshtin-Safed (d. 1907), son-in-law of Rebbe Avraham Brandwein of Stretin. His personal stamp – designed as his handwritten signature – is stamped on several leaves: "Aharon son of R. Tzvi Aryeh of Olik, son-in-law of the Tzaddik of Stretin".
Incomplete copy. [1], 2-248 leaves. Title page and three following pages missing. 18.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dark stains. Tears and open tears, some restored with paper. Worming to several leaves, with minor damage to text. Uneven edges. Stamps and inscriptions. New binding.
Mondshine, Sifrei HaHalacha Shel Admor HaZaken, Bibliography, Shulchan Aruch, I, pp 21-25.
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[Shulchan Aruch HaRav, Yoreh De'ah], Part II: Laws of Niddah (sections 183-191), Shechitah (sections 1-2, 18, 23-26), Terefot (sections 31-33), and responsa, by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi – the Baal HaTanya. Kopust (Kopys): R. Yisrael son of R. Yitzchak Yoffe, [1814]. First edition.
[1], 48; 54; [16] ff. Approx. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Minor Stains and wear. minor worming, slightly affecting text, mostly repaired with paper. Long marginal tear to title page, restored with tape. Inscription to title page. New leather binding.
Mondshine, Sifrei HaHalacha Shel Admor HaZaken, Bibliography, Shulchan Aruch, I, p. 26-27.
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Shulchan Aruch HaRav, Orach Chaim, by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi – the Baal HaTanya. First Edition.
Three Parts in Three Volumes:
* Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, Part I (sections 1-131, 158-168, 174, 177-207, 212-215). Lacking Title page. [Kopst (Kopys): Brothers R. Yehuda and R. Yisrael Yoffe (sons of R. Uri Shraga Phoebus) 1816].
Dozens of marginal glosses and corrections (dating to the 19th century). Ownership inscription of "R. Kalonymus Kalman, son-in-law of R. Yitzchak, who lived in 1849 in Lysianka", extending over several leaves (143-176; making use of leaves' foliation); Ownership inscription of R. Yitzchak Yaakov Katz (p. 13/1) and R. Aryeh Leib HaCohen (p. 174/2).
Incomplete copy. 4-8; 83; [1], 73-191, [1] ff. Lacking 111 leaves: [3] initial leaves (title page and two following leaves), and leaf 193 onwards. (Original pagination: [2], 3-8; 83; 73-299, [1] ff.). A handwritten leaf is bound at the head of the third sequence (with table of contents). Approx. 15.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dark stains. Wear. Tears and open tears, mostly restored with paper. New binding.
* Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, Part II – Hilchot Shabbat (sections 242-303, 305-321, 323-344). Kopst (Kopys): Brothers R. Yehuda and R. Yisrael Yoffe (sons of R. Uri Shraga Phoebus) [1816].
Inscriptions and signatures on Title page (and other pages): "Belonged to R. Chaim Shneur"; "Shneur son of R. N.". Stamps of R. Yosef David Elkana.
[1], 2-92, [2], 97-180; 98 ff. [2] leaves after leaf 92 of first sequence bound out of order. Approx. 17.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains and Wear. Tears and open tears, slightly affecting text, some restored with paper. Title page and several subsequent leaves in fair condition (wear, tears and worming, affecting text; paper and tape strips pasted to title page). Margins unevenly trimmed. Inscriptions. New binding.
* Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, Part III – Hilchot Iruvin (sections: 345-408; 495-529; 582-603; 604-624; 625-629, 631, 636-644; 645-651). Kopst (Kopys): Brothers R. Yehuda and R. Yisrael Yoffe (sons of R. Uri Shraga Phoebus) [1816].
Ownership inscriptions on title page: "Belonged to R. Manachem Nachum son of R. Shalom Kazarnver of Dubrowna" (mentioned in the book "Yalkut Mishpachot", Odessa 1893, Chapter 11, sections 91-92); "Belonged to R. Zvi Hirsh Shchor of Dubrowna" – Son of Rabbi Alexsander Ziskind Shchor of Dubrowna (in 1811 he signed a document produced by the Rabbis of Minsk, alongside R. Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin – see Igrot of the Mitteler Rebbe, pp. 191-194 and a note on p. 298); son-in-law of Rabbi Yehoshua Heshel Sirkin of Shklov (great grandson of the Shaagat Arie).
[1], 2-3, 5-164, 169-250, [2]; 23 ff. Approx. 18 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dark stains. Wear. Tears and worming, slightly affecting text in several places. Stamps and inscriptions. New Binding.
Mondshine, Sifrei HaHalacha Shel Admor HaZaken, Bibliography, Shulchan Aruch, I, pp 32-39.
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Shulchan Aruch, by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi – the Baal HaTanya. Józefów: S. Wax, 1850-1851. Four (of five) parts. Without part IV (Hilchot Pesach).
The present lot includes two rare parts, and an additional booklet, not listed by the bibliographers who listed the various editions of Schulchan Aruch HaRav: Orach Chaim – Part I, Mondshine and the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book state: "We have seen on the title page" (this part is not listed in the NLI catalogue as well); Orach Chaim – Part II (Hilchot Shabbat) is not listed by Mondshine and the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book (but does appear in the NLI catalogue); at head of part III appear [14] leaves of "Kuntres Acharon", who are not listed by Mondshine and the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book, nor do they appear in the copies held at the NLI.
Foreword and approbations in vol. I by the author's sons – Rabbi Dov Ber, the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch, and Rabbi Chaim Avraham.
Four parts in four volumes: * Vol. I (Orach Chayim – part I.): [2], 191 ff. * Vol. II (Orach Chayim – Hilchot Shabbat): [1], 143 [i.e. 190]; 6 ff. * Vol. III (Orach Chayim – Hilchot Iruvin and Yom Tov): [1], 14; 143 [i.e. 161]; 243-245 ff. * Vol. IV (Yoreh Deah and Responsa): [1], 145 ff. Birth records inscribed on endpaper.
Approx. 18.5-19.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dark stains. Creases and wear. Minor tears and worming (severe worming to few leaves in Vol. II). Signatures and stamps. New bindings.
Shulchan Aruch, by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi – the Baal HaTanya. Brooklyn [printed in Munich]: Kehot, 1948-[1949]. Complete set.
Shulchan Aruch HaRav, printed in Munich shortly after the Holocaust for the benefit of the Chassidim among "She'erit HaPletah", by the son-in-law of Rebbe Rayatz, director and editor-in-chief of the Kehot Publication Society, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson – the future Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Vol. III features a large folded plate – a facsimile of four pages in the Alter Rebbe's handwriting.
Three parts in three volumes:
* Vol. I (Orach Chayim – parts I and II): [4], 5-156 ff.; 45 pp.; [2], 3-163, 163-169 ff.
* Vol. II (Orach Chayim – part III and IV): [2], 3-143; 8 ff.; [1] blank leaf; [2], 3-119 ff.
* Vol. III (Yoreh Deah, Part V. with Choshen Mishpat and Responsa): [2], 3-106 ff.; [1], 2-36 ff.; [1], 25 ff. + [1] large folded plate.
Approx. 21 cm. Good condition. Minor tears and blemishes. Pasting remnants with damage to the title page of part V. New bindings. Pasting residue on one of the bindings.
Mondshine, Sifrei HaHalacha Shel Admor HaZaken, Bibliography, Shulchan Aruch, XXXVIII, p. 137-138.
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Torah Or, Chassidic essays on Bereshit and Shemot, Chanukah and Purim, and Likutei Torah on Shir HaShirim, by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi – the Baal HaTanya and Shulchan Aruch.
The present lot include:
* First edition of Torah Or. [Kopust (Kopys): Shabtai ben Simeon Slavin, 1836].
2-167, [1] ff. Lacking both title pages. 21.5 cm. Most leaves in good condition. Stains. Open tears and worming to margins, not affecting text. Lower margins trimmed in several leaves. Eight initial leaves and final two leaves in fair condition: large dark stains and wear; large open tears to margins, some repaired with adhesive tape and paper, with significant damage to text. Stamps and inscriptions. New binding (incorrect title on spine – "Likutei Torah").
* Second edition of Torah Or with first edition of Hosafot L'Sefer Torah Or (Supplements to Torah Or). [Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa and R. Yehoshua Heschel Shapira, grandsons of the rabbi of Slavita, 1862].
[1], 3-30, 31-102; 2-24 ff. Lacking both title pages of "Torah Or"; title page of the supplements is bound at beginning of the volume. 23.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dark stains. Wear. Tears and worming, with minor damage to text (tears and significant wear to margins of leaf 3 of the first sequence). Leaves trimmed, affecting headings in some places. New binding.
* First edition of Likutei Torah on Shir HaShirim. Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa, R. Aryeh Leib and R. Yehoshua Heschel Shapira, grandsons of the Rabbi of Slavita, 1848.
[1], 2-3, 3-48 ff. Lacking 3 final leaves. 28 cm. Fair-poor condition. Significant worming to all leaves. Stamps. New binding.
Sefer Torah Or is a fundamental work of Chassidut Cahabd. It was written from teachings heard directly from Baal HaTanya by his brother, R. Yehuda Leib of Janowiec, author of "She'erit Yehuda", and was edited by his disciple and grandson, Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch.
Sefer Torah Or was among the last Jewish books to be printed in Tsarist Russia before all Jewish printing houses were shut down by the authorities in 1836 ("the printing decree"), the result of a malicious Maskilic "informing". From then on, only two printing houses were allowed to operate, in Vilna and Zhitomir, both under strict supervision by the Tsarist government.
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Sefer Shnei HaMeorot, Chassidic essays, by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi – the Baal HaTanya and Shulchan Aruch. Lviv: Karl Budweiser, [1882]. Only edition.
Short Chassidic Maamarim (oral discourses) by the Alter Rebbe, dating to the period the Alter Rebbe resided in Liozna (Belarus), before his imprisonment in Petersburg.
These discourses were taken down by the Alter Rebbe's Son, Rabbi Dov Ber, the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch. The name of the Alter Rebbe does not appear on the title page of the present edition, therefore, some attribute the book to the Mitteler Rebbe himself.
48 ff. Approx. 18 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor wear. Minor marginal tears, some enforced with paper and clear tape.
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Bad Kodesh, two letters and Chassidic homily on Megillat Ruth, by the rebbes of Chabad. [Warsaw, 1871]. First edition.
Bad Kodesh comprises three texts: a letter from the Mitteler Rebbe to the ruler of Belarus, written after his imprisonment in Vitebsk in 1826; a letter from the Baal HaTanya to R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, written after his release from prison in St. Petersburg; and a homily on Megillat Ruth (the homily was presumably authored by Rebbe Aaron HaLevi Segal Horowitz of Staroselye).
Several manuscripts of this composition exist, the earliest of which dates to 1835.
14 pp. 18 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Worming and tears, some restored with paper (slightly affecting text). New leather binding.
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