Shaarei Teshuva, Part I - Gate of Repentance, Gate of Free Will and Gate of Prayer; Part II - Gate of Repentance and Education, by Rebbe Dov Ber, the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch. Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa and R. Yehoshua Heshel Shapira, grandsons of the rabbi of Slavita, 1864.
Sefer Shaarei Teshuvah was first printed in Shklov, in 1817-1818, in the lifetime of the Mitteler Rebbe, in two separate parts ("gates"), which were titled "Shaar Hateshuva VeHatefilah". The present edition, printed in Zhitomir, was the first to publish the two parts of the book in a single volume, which from then on was titled "Shaarei Teshuvah" . A third part, titled "Derech Chaim", was printed separately in Kopust (1819).
Ownership inscription on title page by Rabbi Schneur Zalman Blesofsky (1921-2005), Gabbai in the Synagogue and Beis Midrash of the Rebbe in 770.
[2], 2-4, 6-74; [2], 3-69 ff. Lacking leaf [5] of the first sequence. 18 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dark stains. Open tears to inner margins of first title page (slightly affecting title page border), and several additional leaves – restored with paper. Leaves trimmed, affecting headings of a few leaves. New binding.