Auction 83 - Part II - Books by the Baal HaTanya and Chabad Rebbes

Two Polemic Booklets about Chassidim and Mitnagdim: Igeret HaShalom – St. Petersburg, 1882 – Only Edition / Igeret Vikuach VehaShalom – Jerusalem, 1927 – Only Edition

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Sold for: $238
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1. Igeret HaShalom, apologetic and polemic writings regarding Chassidim and Mitnagdim, including letters by Chabad rebbes, compiled by R. Baruch HaLevi Yofis. St. Petersburg, 1882. Only edition.
56 pages. 21 cm. Particularly dry and brittle paper. Fair condition. Some stains. Many tears (including open tears) to title page and many other leaves, affecting text on title page and in other places. Title page and other leaves reinforced with paper. New leather binding.
2. Igeret Vikuach VehaShalom, Chabad-Chassidic homily explaining the Chassidic and non-Chassidic approach to worship of G-d, legitimizing both approaches based on sayings of the sages in the Talmud and Midrash. Jerusalem, 1927. Only edition. An adaptation of this homily was printed in Igeret HaShalom.
12 pages. Detached leaves. 21.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Worming, affecting text. Open tears to inner margins. Handwritten inscriptions. Without binding.


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Chabad – Books, Booklets and Periodicals
Chabad – Books, Booklets and Periodicals