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Bidding Information
Lot #
16374
Auction End Date
12/5/2006 10:42:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
Title Information
Title (English)
Habad Hasidic Novellae - Zemah Zedek
Title (Hebrew)
תורת חב'ד מהצמח צדק
Author
[Ms. - Habad]
City
[Russia]
Publication Date
c. 1850
Collection Information
Independent Item
This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
Description Information
Physical
Description
[67] ff., 233:181 mm., light age staining, some worming affecting single letters, ink on paper, 40-50 lines per page, neat Ashkenazic script.
Detailed
Description
Appears to be Hasidic discourses by R. Menachem Mendel b. Shalom Shachne Schneersohn (1789–1866), grandson of R. Shneur Zalman (son of his daughter) and son-in-law of R. Dov Baer, became the leader of Habad after his father-in-law's death. Orphaned while young, he was educated chiefly by his grandfather, and from a very early age began to write on halakhah and Hasidism. He wrote numerous books and sermons, most of which remained in manuscript. He was generally acknowledged as one of the greatest Torah scholars of his day. His responsa Zemah Zedek (1870–74, in honor of which he is referred to as the "Zemah Zedek") is a highly esteemed halakhic work. R. Menahem Mendel greatly assisted the Habad settlers in Hebron. The Russian government accorded him the hereditary title of an honored citizen, and he was acknowledged as one of the leaders of Russian Jewry. He fought the assimilationist policy of the government and the adherents of Haskalah who gave it their support. The year before his death, no longer able to fulfill his manifold duties, he assigned them to his sons.
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Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:
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Location
Russia-Poland:
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Subject
Hasidic:
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Characteristic
Language:
Hebrew
Manuscript Type
Other:
Book
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