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

Torah Or (Chabad) – Kopust, 1836 – First Edition

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Torah Or, Chassidic essays on Bereshit and Shemot, Chanukah and Purim, by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi – the Baal HaTanya. Kopust (Kopys), 1836. First edition.
The book was written from teachings heard directly from the Baal HaTanya by his brother R. Yehuda Leib of Janowiec, author of She'erit Yehuda, and was arranged and edited for print by his disciple and grandson Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch.
Stamp on p. 2a.
[1], 2-167, [1] leaves. Lacking first title page. 21 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Wear. Tears, including open tears to title page and other leaves, affecting text, repaired with paper. Worming, affecting text. Final leaf, with open tears, mounted on paper. Handwritten inscriptions. New leather binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 610.


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Chabad – Books, Manuscripts and Letters
Chabad – Books, Manuscripts and Letters