Auction 046 Special Chabad Auction in Honor of 11th Nisan - Birthday of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, and in Honor of Pesach
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Likutei Amarim – Tanya, by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi. Vilna: Widow and Brothers Romm, 1900.
Between leaves 86-87 is bound a handwritten leaf (copying of the second part of chapter VII in Shaar Hayichud VeHaemunah).
Signatures of R. Yitzchak Tzerniakov of the village Bykovo (Moscow Oblast).
[3], 2-163 ff. + [1] handwritten leaf. Approx. 21 cm. Fair condition. Stains and dark stains. Browning. Creases and wear. Teras and worming, affecting text. First leaves partly detached. Original half-leather binding, worn and damaged (open tears to spine).
Mondshine, Sefer HaTanya, Bibliography, XXX, p. 107-113.
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Likutei Amarim Tanya, by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi. Vilna, Widow and Brothers Romm, 1909. Two title pages.
Wide-margined copy, with gilded edges. Original binding with leather spine (impression on Spine: Likutei Amarim).
Facsimile of the 1900 Vilna edition (the Rebbe Rashab's edition), with minor corrections. A notice by the printers, announcing that the Tanya's printing copyrights were purchased by the Rebbe Rashab, for the benefit of the Tomchei Tmimim institution (dated July 14, 1909), is printed in page 2\1. This notice was printed in all the subsequent editions of the Tanya.
[2], 2-163 ff. 20.5 cm. wide margins. Gilded edges. Good condition. Stains. Signatures, stamps, and inscriptions. Original binding, with leather spine, slightly worn.
Mondshine, Sefer HaTanya, Bibliography. 31, p. 114.
Likutei Amarim Tanya, by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi. Two copies of the Rebbe Rashab edition:
1. Likutei Amarim Tanya. Vilna: Widow and Brothers Romm, 1912. Two title pages. Facsimile of the 1909 Vilna edition.
[2], 2-163 ff. 19 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Tears and open tears, slightly affecting text. New binding.
2. Likutei Amarim Tanya. Vilna: 1930. "Published by the "Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch Society". Two title pages; signature of R. Baruch son of R. Avraham Paris (1921-1976), a famous Chabad Chassid, on first title page.
[2], 2-163 ff. Approx. 16.5 cm. Good condition. Creases and minor wear. Marginal tears to some leaves, repaired with paper and tape. Signature. New binding.
Mondshine, Sefer HaTanya, Bibliography. 32/34, p. 114.
Likutei Amarim – Tanya, by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi. [Munich:] Kehot, 1947.
Tanya, 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, Menachem Mendel Schneerson – the future Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Stamps of the Tomchei Tmimim Yeshiva in the Pocking DP camp, near the town of Pocking (Bavaria), Germany. The Yeshiva was founded in Elul, 1946, by the "Chabad Chassidim Association of Pocking". Some 50 Bachurim studied in the Yeshiva, which was managed by R. Nissan Nemanov, R. Yisroel Neveler, R. Avraham Eliyahu Plotkin, R. Zalman Shimon Dworkin, R. Zalman Levitin, R. Shlomo Matusof, among others. The Yeshiva closed down in Iyar 1948, following the passing of Rabbi Yisroel Neveler, its students scattered between Chabad centers across the world.
[2], 2-163 ff. 16.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dark stains. Creases and minor wear. First title page partially detached. Stamps. Original binding, slightly worn and torn.
Polemic between "Chassidim" and "Mitnagdim", by R. Yaakov Keidaner, disciple of the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch. The book was written, copied, and published with various additions and omissions in different versions, under several names: Matzref HaAvodah, Vikucha Rabba, Meshivat Nefesh, and Mishpat Tzedek. The present lot comprises three different versions of the book:
1. Matzref HaAvodah. Königsberg: Gruber et Langrien, [1858]. First Edition. 38, [2] ff. 18.5 cm. Inscriptions and stamps. Good condition. Stains and wear; tears and creases, minor damage to text.
2. Vikucha Rabba. Warsaw, 1866. Second edition. Two title pages (erroneous imprint: "Mahadurah Tinyana" instead of "Mahadurah Kama"). False place of publication - "Pressburg" – is printed on both title pages. 9, [3]; 20 ff. 17.5 cm. Stamp to title page. Good condition. Minor stains. Leaves unevenly trimmed.
3. Meshivat Nefesh. Warsaw: Yosef Lebensohn and Aaron Glinka, 1900. First edition. [3], 22 ff. Approx. 21.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Extensive worming. Marginal tears to title page. Stamps. New bindings.
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Two editions of sefer Sipurim Nora'im, wondrous stories about the Baal Shem Tov, the Maggid of Mezeritch, the Baal HaTanya, the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch, the Tzemach Tzedek and other Chassidic leaders, by R. Yaakov Keidaner (author of Matzref HaAvodah).
1.Sipurim Nora'im. Munkacs: Blayer & Kohn, 1894. Last page features additions, first printed in the present edition. 32 ff.
2.Sipurim Nora'im. Munkacs: Blayer & Kohn, 1912. After the Munkacs 1894 edition, with variations. 10, 12-14, 17-40, 33-40 ff. Lacking 3 leaves (11, 15-16).
Sipurim Nora'im is known to be based on credible and reliable sources, accurately relating the wonderous tales of the Baal Shem Tov, the Maggid of Mezeritch and Rebbes of Chabad. Stories about the Mitteler Rebbe were mostly witnessed by the author himself, and some were related to the author by the son of the Mitteler Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Nachum of Nizhyn. Some of the stories about the wonders of the Baal Shem Tov and the Maggid of Mezeritch were related to the author by the Alter Rebbe himself.
17-18 cm. 1894 edition in good condition; 1912 edition in fair condition. Stains and wear. Tears and blemishes. Inscriptions. New covers and endpapers.
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Shivchei HaRav, on the Baal HaTanya, his colleagues and disciples, by Michael Levi Rodkinson (Frumkin). Four editions:
1. Lviv: S. L. Kugel, Lewin & Comp, 1864. First Edition. [52] pp. 17.5 cm.
2. Lviv: S. L. Kugel, Lewin & Comp, 1864. Second Edition. [48] pp. 18 cm.
3. Munkacs: Blayer & Kohn, 1895. [1], 2-20 ff. 19.5 cm.
4. Jerusalem: Levin-Epstein Brothers, [after 1926]. [1] printed cover, 23 ff.
Approx. 18.5 cm. Good to fair-good condition. Stains and dark stains. Creases and wear. Tears, including open tears, affecting text in some places. New bindings.
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Kehal Hasidim, by R. Aaron Walden. [Warsaw?, 1870?]. First printed in Warsaw, 1866.
The present volume includes many wonderous tales of the Baal Shem Tov, the Maggid of Mezeritch, and their disciples, forefathers of the Chassidut movement, among whom: Rabbi Yechiel Michel of Zolochiv, Rabbi Pinchas of Koretz, Rabbi Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev, Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk, Rabbi Boruch of Medzhybizh, the Maggid of Tchernobyl, Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk, Rabbi Zusha of Anipoli, the "Hohev Israel" of Apta, the Maggid of Kozhnitz, the Chozeh of Lublin, and many others.
The tale of the Alter Rebbe's imprisonment in Saint Petersburg, and his subsequent release, as well as the tales of the imprisonment and release of his son, Rabbi Dov Ber, the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch, and his disciple, Rabbi Aharon of Strashelye, are related in leaves 38-41.
[1], 2-32, 37-60 ff. 21.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Minor worming. Leaves trimmed, affecting text and headings in several leaves. Stamps. New binding.
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Sefer "Beit Rebbe", the history of the first three generations of Chabad Rebbes – their essays and compositions, their households and their disciples, by R. Chaim Meir Heilmann of Lyepyel. Berditchev, Chaim Yaakov Sheftil, 1903. Stereotype printing of the 1902 edition.
The work comprises three parts: I. History of the Alter Rebbe Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Baal HaTanya and Shulchan Aruch (this part includes the history of Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk); II. History of Rabbi Dov Ber, the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch, son of the Alter Rebbe; III. History of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch, grandson of the Alter Rebbe.
In a lengthy foreword, the author describes the efforts put into compiling this work, which was based on meticulous primary-source research, and took thirteen years to complete.
Three parts in three volume; Separate title page to each part; general title-page in part I. * Part. I: [2], 16 pp., 90 ff. Leaf 17 missing. Ownership inscription of "Yosef HaKohen Yaakobof". * Part II: [1], 2-18 ff. * Part III: [1], 2-22 ff. Approx. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor wear. Signatures. New matching bindings.
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"The Rabbi of Liadi and the Chabad Party", the life of the Alter Rebbe, Baal HaTanya, his books and philosophical system, and the history of the Chabad party, by Mordechai Teitelbaum. Printed with Sefer "Simat Ayin", on the Alter Rebbe's knowledge of geometry, mathematics, and nature, By Yechiel Bernstein. Warsaw, Tushyia, Lewin-Epstein Press / H. Appelberg, 1910-1913. First Edition.
Two parts in two volumes; three title pages to each part (second title page in German); separate title page to "Simat Ayin".
Three printed plates at the head of part I.: a portrait of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the Alter Rebbe, a musical score of "HaNiggun Shel HaRav" (Niggun of Daled Bavos), and a facsimile of the Alter Rebbes handwriting.
Vol. I.: XII, 266 pp. + [3] printed plates. Pages [V]-VIII bound out of sequence, at the end of the volume. Vol. II.: VII, 242; 52 pp. 20.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Blemishes and minor wear. Minor marginal tears to final leaves of part II. One detached leaf in volume I. Signatures and stamps. New, matching, leather bindings.
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Five books, relating the history of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the Alter Rebbe, Baal HaTanya and Shulchan Aruch:
1. Der Raw, kulturhistorische Erzählung [The Rabbi, Cultural-Historical Story], by Judäus [pseudonym of Rabbi Dr. Naftali Herz Ehrmann]. Frankfaurt am Main: Israelit, [1914]. German.
The life and work of the Alter Rebbe, with his printed portrait bound at the head of the volume.
The author, Rabbi Naftali Herz Ehrmann (1849-1918), head of the Beit Din in Baden (Switzerland), Trier and Lübeck (Germany), was a close associate of the Rebbe Rashab and his son, the Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch, and took part in their public activities. Rebbe Rashab praised Rabbi Ehrmann in the strongest possible terms, in a lengthy letter he wrote in 5661 as part of his battle against the "Hevra Mefitsei Haskalah" (Society for the Promotion of Culture among the Jews of Russia).
The book was translated into Yiddish by the educator, Rebbetzin Ettel Tzerna Hodakov (wife of Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Aizik Hodakov, secretary of the Rebbe Rayatz and the Lubavitcher Rebbe), printed by Kehot Press (Brooklyn, 1985).
2. "In di Getzelten fun Chabad" [in the Tents of Chabd], tales of the Alter Rebbe, Baal HaTanya and various Chassidic stories, by Moshe Eliyahu (Morris) Indritz. Chicago: Courier, 1927. Yiddish. Printed portrait of the Alter Rebbe.
3. Toldot Anshei Shem, the lives of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi and the Rebbes of Hungary, R. Moshe Teitelbaum (the "Yismach Moshe"), R. Yekutiel Yehuda Teitelbaum (the "Yitav Lev"), and other Tzadikim, by Yehoshua Rocker. Cleveland (USA): Progressive Printing Co., 1939. Yiddish.
4. Mishnat Yoel, history of the Alter Rebbe, his Chassidic teachings, rulings and practices. Including an assortment of Igrot Kodesh by the Alter Rebbe and disciples of the Maggid of Mezeritch. Edited by R. Yoel Diskin and R. Yitzchak Avigdor Orenstein. Jerusalem: H. Zuckermann, 1941.
5. Baal HaTanya, Rebbi Shneur Zalman of Liadai, by D. Zeira (Dov Rozen). Kfar Chabd: "Yad HaChamisha" press, 1962. Bound at the head of the volume is a photo copy of a letter sent to the author by the Rebbe Rayatz. The author's hand-signed visiting card is pasted onto title page (dated 19th Kislev, 1962).
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Kuntress HaTefillah, by Rabbi Shalom Dovber Schneersohn, Rebbe Rashab of Lubavitch. Vilna: Widow and Brothers Romm, 1924. First edition.
Kuntress HaTefillah is the first of four pamphlets ("Kuntressim") composed by the Rebbe Rashab: Kuntress Etz Chayim, Kuntress HaAvodah, Kuntress UMaayan, and Kuntress HaTefillah. The present Kuntress was composed for the students of the Tomchei Tmimim Yeshivah in Lubavitch, 1900; it clarifies various aspects of the Tefillah according to Chassidut. It is also the first of the Rashab's Chassidic compositions to be printed (before it was printed, the Kuntress circulated among the Chassidim in manuscript copies for some 24 years).
[1], 19 ff. Approx. 17 cm. Good condition. Dark stains. Paper strips pasted to inner margins of the title page and final page. New endpapers and binding.
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