Auction 85 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Siddur HaRav (Baal HaTanya), with Kabbalistic and Chassidic Commentary – Part I – Berditchev, 1818 – Second Edition of Maamarei HaSiddur (Siddur im Dach), with Several New Discourses

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Year-round prayers according to the text of the Arizal, with a commentary based on the kavanot of the Arizal, Part I – weekday prayers, by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi – the Baal HaTanya. Berditchev [1818].
This edition was brought to print by R. Menachem Nachum, son of the Mitteler Rebbe, together with his brother-in-law R. Yekutiel Zalman, grandson of R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev.
Some ten new discourses by the Baal HaTanya were printed for the first time in this edition of the siddur. The new discourses are marked with inverted parentheses.
[2], 5-46, [1], 49-94, 93-100, 105-167 leaves, leaf 169. Lacking leaf 168. Approx. 20 cm. Greenish paper. Fair condition. Several leaves in poor condition. Stains, some dark. Dampstains. Tears affecting text, repaired with tape (leaving large, dark stains along the width of several leaves). Open tears (some large) with significant loss of text to title page and several other leaves (large tear to leaf 10), repaired with paper (with handwritten replacement of text on the title page and on the second leaf). Worming, affecting text. A few leaves trimmed close to text. Stamps and handwritten inscriptions. New binding.


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