Auction 82 - Part I - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Likutei Amarim - Tanya - Zhovkva, 1798 - First Edition of Igeret HaTeshuva Mahadura Kama - Signature of Rabbi Yitzchak Shlomo Zilberman
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Likutei Amarim Tanya, by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi. Zhovkva, [1798].
This edition is the second printing of the Tanya in the author's lifetime, and was presumably printed without his knowledge. This is the first edition containing chapters of Igeret HaTeshuva - Mahadura Kama, printed at the end of the book.
This is the first time the book was titled Tanya, a title used ever since. In the first edition, the book was named only Likutei Amarim.
Signature of R. Yitzchak Shlomo Zilberman (1929-2001) on p. 56b (R. Zilberman was a kabbalist and educator, founder of the Zilberman method and the Aderet Eliyahu yeshiva. He led a large community of followers who adhered to the path of the Gaon of Vilna).
[3], 2-74 leaves. 18 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including large dampstains. Wear. Open tears to title page and other leaves, slightly affecting border and affecting text, repaired with paper. Large open tear to final leaf, repaired with paper, with photocopy replacement of missing text. Worming, affecting text, repaired with paper. Stamp and handwritten inscriptions. New binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 623.
This edition is the second printing of the Tanya in the author's lifetime, and was presumably printed without his knowledge. This is the first edition containing chapters of Igeret HaTeshuva - Mahadura Kama, printed at the end of the book.
This is the first time the book was titled Tanya, a title used ever since. In the first edition, the book was named only Likutei Amarim.
Signature of R. Yitzchak Shlomo Zilberman (1929-2001) on p. 56b (R. Zilberman was a kabbalist and educator, founder of the Zilberman method and the Aderet Eliyahu yeshiva. He led a large community of followers who adhered to the path of the Gaon of Vilna).
[3], 2-74 leaves. 18 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including large dampstains. Wear. Open tears to title page and other leaves, slightly affecting border and affecting text, repaired with paper. Large open tear to final leaf, repaired with paper, with photocopy replacement of missing text. Worming, affecting text, repaired with paper. Stamp and handwritten inscriptions. New binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 623.
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