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Lot #		21705
Auction End Date		10/7/2008 11:41:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)

Title Information

Title (English)

Sha'ar ha-Teshuva ve-ha-Tefillah

Title (Hebrew)

שער התשובה והתפלה

Author

[Habad] R. Dov Baer b. Shnuer Zalman

City

Shklov

Publication Date

c. 1840

Collection Information

Independent Item

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Description Information

Physical
Description

Second edition. [2], 25; 65 ff., 183:110 mm., nice margins, light age staining. A very good copy not bound.

Detailed
Description

Basic Habad work on the Hasidic and Kabbalistic definitions of prayer and repentance. The work was written by the son of the founder of Habad based on his father's teachings. R. Dov Baer (1773–1827), the eldest son of R. Shneur Zalman, became after his father's death in 1813 the leader of the majority of his father's Hasidim. He settled in the little town of Lubavich, which became the center of Habad. Under R. Dov Baer's leadership, the Habad approach was strengthened and deepened. His blend of intellect and mysticism is expressed in his clear and profound commentaries on his father's works. He was a prolific writer and wrote many works, the majority being explanations of diverse subjects, among them Kunteres ha-Hitpa'alut (1876; Tractate on Ecstasy, 1963), according to his systematized Habad Hasidism. At the same time he supported the idea of productivization in Jewish economy, and encouraged his Hasidim to take up manual occupations. He also persuaded all the Habad Hasidim in Erez Israel to settle in Hebron (1820) which became the Habad center there. R. Dov Baer was imprisoned for a time because of accusations against him by an informer, but was released on the 10th of Kislev, which is celebrated as a minor holiday among Habad Hasidim. He passed on in Nezhin in Ukraine.

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בשער: תחת ממשלת אדונינו הקיסר... אלכסנדר פאווילאויטש... לפרט אם יהיה נ'דחך' בק'צה ה'ש'מים משם יק'ב'צך [תקע"ז] לפ"ק. השער הועתק מהוצאת שקלאב תקע"ז, אך נמחקה התיבה "שיחי'" אחר הזכרת שם המחבר. מכאן שהספר נדפס אחר פטירתו בשנת תקפ"ח. עיין הערת ח' ליברמן בתוך: א"מ הברמן, שערי חב"ד, עלי עי"ן, ירושלים תש"ח-תשי"ב, עמ' 110, מס' 272. ליברמן גם מסתפק אם הספר נדפס בשקלוב. ראינו טופס שמשערו נשמט שם הקיסר ומקום הדפוס

Reference
Description

CD-EPI 0181129; Habermann, Shaarei Habad #272; EJ

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