Auction 88 - Part I - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Torah Or – Zhitomir, 1862 – First Edition of Hosafot L'Sefer Torah Or

Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,125
Including buyer's premium

Torah Or, Chassidic essays on Bereshit and Shemot, Chanukah and Purim, with Hosafot L'Sefer Torah Or (Supplements to Torah Or), by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi – the Baal HaTanya. Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa and R. Yehoshua Heshel Shapira, grandsons of the rabbi of Slavita, 1862. First edition of the supplements. Two volumes. Two title pages for the Torah Or volume; first title page printed in red and black.
The supplements include 15 new essays by the Baal HaTanya. While most of the book follows the writings of the author's brother, R. Yehuda Leib of Janowiec, the essays printed in the supplements were written by the author's son, the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch, as attested to on the title page of this section.
Two volumes. Vol. I: 102 leaves. Two title pages. Vol. II (supplements): 24 leaves. 27.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. New bindings.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 612.


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