Online Auction 44 - Chabad
A Special Chabad Auction on the Occasion of "Yom HaBahir", Yud (the 10th of) Shevat – Day of Passing of the Rebbe Rayatz, and Day of the Ascendancy to Leadership of the Lubavitcher Rebbe"
Shulchan Aruch, by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi – the Baal HaTanya. Vilna: Fradel Matz, 1904. Complete set in six volumes.
This edition is based on the 1879 Józefów edition. Two title pages to each part (first title page concise); foreword and approbations in vol. I by the author's sons – Rabbi Dov Ber the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch, and Rabbi Chaim Avraham, and additions and novellae by the Tzemach Tzedek (vol. VI).
* Vol. I (Orach Chayim – part I.): [4], 5-156 ff.
* Vol. II (Orach Chayim – part II. Hilchot Shabbat with additions and novellae to Orach Chaim): [2], 3-169 ff.
* Vol. III (Orach Chayim – part III. Hilchot Shabbat and Yom Tov): [2], 3-143 ff.
* Vol. IV (Orach Chayim – part IV. Hilchot Pesach and responsa): [2], 3-119; [1], 25 ff. Separate title page to responsa.
* Vol. V (Yoreh Deah, Part V with additions and novellae): [2], 3-106 ff.
* Vol VI (Choshen Mishpat with additions and novellae by the Tzemach Tzedek): [2], 2-36; 8; 13; [1], 2-28; 8; 68 ff.
Approx. 22 cm. Good to good-fair condition. Stains, including dark stains. Creases, wear and marginal tears (mostly in vols. III and VI). Leaves trimmed, affecting headings and references in vol. III. New bindings.
Mondshine, Sifrei HaHalacha Shel Admor HaZaken, Bibliography, Shulchan Aruch, XXXI, p. 130-132.
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Shulchan Aruch, by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi – the Baal HaTanya. Warsaw: Zalman Szmotkin, 1936. Complete set in six volumes.
This edition is based on the 1925 Vilna edition. Two title pages to each part (first title page concise); foreword and approbations in vol. I by the author's sons – Rabbi Dov Ber the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch, and Rabbi Chaim Avraham, and additions and novellae by the Tzemach Tzedek (vols. II, V-VI).
* Vol. I (Orach Chayim – part I.): [4], 5-156 ff.
* Vol. II (Orach Chayim – part II. Hilchot Shabbat with additions and novellae to Orach Chaim): [2], 3-163, 163-168, [1]; 13 ff. (leaves 41-48 bound out of sequence).
* Vol. III (Orach Chayim – part III. Hilchot Shabbat and Yom Tov): [3], 4-143; 8 ff.
* Vol. IV (Orach Chayim – part IV. Hilchot Pesach): [2], 3-119 ff.
* Vol. V (Yoreh Deah, Part V. with additions and novellae, and responsa): [2], 3-106; [1], 2-28; [1], 25 ff. Separate title page to responsa.
* Vol VI (Choshen Mishpat with additions and novellae): [1], 2-36; 67; 8 ff.
Approx. 22.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Minor wear. Minor tears, including some open tears, with insignificant damage to text. New bindings.
Mondshine, Sifrei HaHalacha Shel Admor HaZaken, Bibliography, Shulchan Aruch, XXXVI, p. 134-135.
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Shulchan Aruch, by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi – the Baal HaTanya. Brooklyn [printed in Munich]: Kehot, 1948-[1949]. Complete set in three volumes.
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. In vol. III, large folding plate - facsimile of four pages in the Alter Rebbe's handwriting.
* Vol. I (Orach Chayim – parts I&II): [4], 5-156 ff.; 47 pp; [2], 3-163, 163-169 ff.
* Vol. II (Orach Chayim – part III&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], 36 ff.; [1], 25 ff. + [1] large folding plate.
Approx. 21 cm. Good condition. Minor stains and wear. Few tears, some reinforced with tape. Marginal tears to folding plate. New bindings.
Mondshine, Sifrei HaHalacha Shel Admor HaZaken, Bibliography, Shulchan Aruch, XXXVIII, p. 137-138.
Likutei Amarim – Tanya, by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi. Yas (Iași): Notte Wasserman and his brother-in-law, Yisrael Ben Yaakov Segal, 1843.
With an enthusiastic approbation by R. Yosef Landau Rabbi of Yas, author of Responsa "Birkat Yosef".
[2], 92 leaves. Approx.16.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor wear. Small perforation to title page. Minor marginal tears. New binding.
Rabbi Landau's Approbation
Rabbi Yosef Landau was a disciple of the Ohev Yisrael of Apta, and after his death became a close disciple of Rebbe Yisrael of Ruzhin.
A decade before this book was published, a fierce dispute developed between the Chabad community in Yas and the Chassidim of the Ohev Yisrael of Apta (then rabbi of the city), who strongly opposed the Chabad approach. In 1834, Rebbe Yisrael of Ruzhin visited the city and made peace between the two sides. This may be what led to the warm approbation accorded by R. Yosef Landau to the book by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi.
See: Mondshine, Sefer HaTanya, Bibliography, XV, p. 78-80.
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Likutei Amarim – Tanya, by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi. [Königsberg, 1848].
Ownership inscriptions (Hebrew): "Property of Levi Yitzchak son of Rabbi Tzvi z"l"; "Avraham Shalom Shar'abi".
[2], 70 ff. Approx. 19 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dark stains and dampstains. Wear. Small perforations to initial leaves. Tears and open tears, some repaired with paper, slightly affecting text. Inscriptions. New binding.
Mondshine, Sefer HaTanya, Bibliography, XIII, p. 73. In some copies, place of publication is indicated on the title page as "Königsberg".
Prussian Editions of the Tanya
Although just a handful of Chassidim resided in Prussia, three editions of the Tanya were printed in Königsberg during the early 1840s. The circumstances that led to the printing of Hebrew books in the Kingdom of Prussia, intended for Russian Jewry, were described by Secretary of Rebbe Rayatz, the bibliographer R. Chayim Lieberman, who wrote:
"During that period – following the Printing Decree of 1836 [which forbade the printing of Hebrew books in all territories of the Russian Empire, except for the city of Vilna] – Hebrew printing presses were established in the state of Prussia, in cities bordering with the Russian state of Lithuania, such as: Königsberg, Johannisburg, Memel, and Danzig. Initially, these printing presses were not intended to serve German Jewry, but the Jews of Russia. Books which the printers intended to legally export to Russia, i.e., through customs, censorship, etc., were printed with regular title pages, bearing the printer's name, and correct place and date of publication. However, for different reasons, some books were printed in order to be smuggled into Russia; these books were printed without indication of the place of publication, the name of the printer or the date of publication; often, a fake, much earlier, date of publication was indicated, so that if the books will happen to be seized by the authorities, one will be able to argue that these are old books, printed many years before, in an unknown place." (Hebrew)
Therefore, according to Mondshine, it is impossible to establish which one of the three different Prussian Tanya editions was printed first, since the imprint appearing on the title pages is unreliable. It is clear, however, that these editions were printed soon after the Printing Decree, in order to be smuggled across the border into Russia, whose Jewish population thirsted for the Tanya (Mondshine, Sefer HaTanya, Bibliography, p. 72).
Likutei Amarim – Tanya, by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi. [Warsaw: after 1856]. The present edition is based on the 1856 Lviv edition [without the approbations. The present edition was revised under the strain of censorship, containing more omissions than the 1856 Lviv edition].
False Place of Publication
In the present edition, the place of publication is indicated on title page margins as "Wien" [Vienna]. According to Bibliographer R. Chaim Lieberman, books printed in Warsaw often bore false places of publication, such as Königsberg, Czernowitz, Pressburg, Wien, Lvov, and others; these books' design is easily discernable [e.g. ornaments printed in the present Tanya edition are very similar to those found in the 1866 Warsaw edition of "Avodath HaLevi", printed by F. Baumriter and I. Rotblat. Mondshine, Sefer HaTanya, Bibliography, p. 86, footnote 1].
[1], 2-24, 19-21, 28-44. Approx. 21 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor wear. Marginal tears to title page, without damage to text or ornaments. Minor worming to final leaves. New binding (imprint on spine: "Vienna"; Hebrew).
Mondshine, Sefer HaTanya, Bibliography, 18/I, pp. 86.
Likutei Amarim – Tanya, by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi. Lviv: Sucher Back, 1858. Bound with: Igeret HaKodesh, by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi. Lviv: S. Back, 1858.
An Edition of the Tanya was printed in Lviv in 1857, from which were omitted chapters 11-12 from the "Shaar Hayichud VeHaEmunah" section. The omission was amended the following year, in the 1858 Lviv edition, which contains the aforementioned chapters. This edition, however, did not include "Sefer Igeret HaKodesh", which was printed separately that same year (1858), with a separate title page, and chapters 11-12 of the "Shaar Hayichud VeHaEmunah" section, omitted from the 1857 Tanya edition.
The present copy of Likutei Amarim Tanya, printed in Lviv in 1858, is bound with "Sefer Igeret HaKodesh" (Lviv, 1858); Chapters 11-12 of "Shaar Hayichud VeHaEmunah" appear twice.
Likutei Amarim – Tanya: [60] ff. Sefer Igeret HaKodesh: [33] ff. 16 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Marginal open tears to some leaves, restored with paper. Inked stamp to first title page. New leather binding.
See: Mondshine, Sefer HaTanya, Bibliography, 21, p. 92 / 15, p. 158.
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According to the inscription on the title page [dated 2.6.1967], the present copy was presented to president Shazar by Rabbi Asher Zeilingold, Chabad Shaliach and Rabbi of Saint Paul, Minnesota, and Rabbi of Adat Yeshurun synagogue, from 1965.
Signatures and inscriptions by the Jerusalem publisher R. Menachem Shmuel Slotky (1883-1959; son of Leah Rivka, daughter of R. Yehudah Leib Slonim, son of Rebbetzin Menucha Rachel Slonim)
[1], 163 ff. Approx. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and dark stains. Marginal open Tears to title page (slightly affecting inscription), repaired with paper. Minor tears to several leaves. Stamps and inscriptions. New binding.
Mondshine, Sefer HaTanya, Bibliography, XXX, p. 107-113.
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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, 1909. Two title pages. Facsimile of the 1909 Vilna edition, with minor corrections.
In leaf 2\1 is printed a notice by the printers, announcing the purchase of the Tanya's printing copyrights by the Rebbe Rashab for the benefit of the Tomchei Temimim institution (dated July 14, 1909). This notice was printed in all the subsequent editions of the Tanya.
Ownership inscription to back endpaper: "Yisrael ben Menachem Mendel…"
[2], 2-163 ff. 18.5 cm. Good condition. Inked stamp to title page. Inscriptions. New binding.
2. Likutei Amarim Tanya. Vilna, Widow and Brothers Romm, 1912. Two title pages. Facsimile of the 1909 Vilna edition.
[2], 2-163 ff. 18.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Minor tears. New binding.
See: Mondshine, Sefer HaTanya, Bibliography. 31-32, p. 114.
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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.
Inked stamps of Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Halevi Schorr, dean of the "Torah VaDaat" Yeshiva in New York.
[1], 163 ff. 17 cm. Good condition. Minor wear. Initial leaves partially detached. Marginal tears to some leaves. Old binding, slightly damaged and worn.
"Order of prayers according to the Arizal Nusach". Two parts: Part I – Shacharit LeChol, Seder Seudah UVerachot, Seder Irusin VeKiddushin, Seder Milah, Tikun Chatzot; Part II – prayers for Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh and festivals, accompanied by Chassidic homilies and various rulings, by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the Baal HaTanya and Shulchan Aruch. [Königsberg: Adolf Zomter, 1852]. The word "Berditchev" is featured on title page.
Third edition of "Siddur im Dach" ("Divrei Elohim Chayim"). The text of the Siddur, the rulings and the two Chassidic essays (HaKol Kol Yaakov and He'ara LeTikkun Chatzot) were compiled and composed by the Baal HaTanya. The other Chassidic discourses (commentaries to the prayers) were delivered by the Baal HaTanya and recorded by his son R. Dov Ber, the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch. This siddur is known amongst Chabad Chassidim as Siddur im Dach (Divrei Elokim Chaim – words of the Living G-d).
Handwritten dedication on wrapper of part II.
Two parts in two volumes. * Vo. I: 186 ff. Some pages bound out of sequence. * Vo.l II: 180 ff. With yellow wrapper. Approx. 22 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dark stains. Wear. Open tears, some restored with paper. Stamps and ownership inscriptions. New, matching leather binding.
Jewish Printing Presses in Prussia
A copy of the present Siddur, found in the library of Chabad Lubavitch, contains an additional title page, indicating the place of publication and printer – Königsberg, A. Zomter (see: Levin, "MiBeit HaGenazim, p. 196-197 [Hebrew]). Secretary of Rebbe Rayatz, the bibliographer R. Chayim Lieberman, described the circumstances that led to the printing of Hebrew books in the Kingdom of Prussia, intended for Russian Jewry:
"During that period – following the Printer's Decree of 1836 [which forbade the printing of Hebrew books in all territories of the Russian Empire, except for the city of Vilna] – Hebrew printing presses were established in the state of Prussia, in cities bordering with the Russian state of Lithuania, such as: Königsberg, Johannisburg, Memel, and Danzig. Initially, these printing presses were not intended to serve German Jewry, but the Jews of Russia. Books which the printers intended to legally export to Russia, i.e., through customs, censorship, etc., were printed with regular title pages, bearing the printer's name, and correct place and date of publication. However, for different reasons, some books were printed in order to be smuggled into Russia; these books were printed without indication of the place of publication, the name of the printer or the date of publication; often, a fake, much earlier, date of publication was indicated, so that if the books will happen to be seized by the authorities, one will be able to argue that these are old books, printed many years before, in an unknown place." (Hebrew)
The imprint of the present copy, printed in Prussia for the benefit of Russian Jews, does not include the name of its publisher, and the title page features a fake place of publication (Berditchev), alongside an earlier year of publication (1831).
Oberlaender, HaSiddur, 11, p. 317.
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"Order of prayers according to the Arizal Nusach". Two parts: Part I – Shacharit LeChol, Seder Seudah UVerachot, Seder Irusin VeKiddushin, Seder Milah, Tikun Chatzot; Part II – prayers for Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh and festivals, accompanied by Chassidic homilies and various rulings, by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the Baal HaTanya and Shulchan Aruch. Warsaw: R. Nathan Schriftgiesser, 1866-1867. Two parts in two volumes.
The text of the Siddur, the rulings and the two Chassidic essays (HaKol Kol Yaakov and He'ara LeTikkun Chatzot) were compiled and composed by the Baal HaTanya. The other Chassidic discourses (commentaries to the prayers) were delivered by the Baal HaTanya and recorded by his son R. Dov Ber, the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch. This siddur is known amongst Chabad Chassidim as Siddur im Dach (Divrei Elokim Chaim – words of the Living G-d).
Signatures and inked stamps of the collector R. Pinchas Berzaze of Maków Mazowiecki (Poland), in the first volume.
Two parts in two volumes. Vol. I: [2], 154 ff. Vol. II: 62; 94 ff. Approx. 24 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dark stains (significant staining to some leaves in vol. II). Open tears, affecting text in several places, some repaired with paper and tape. Minor wear. Inner margins of some leaves reinforced with paper. New, matching leather bindings.
Oberlaender, HaSiddur, 16, page 319.