16:55:29
[
Login
]
[
Book List
]
Bidding Information
Lot #
23830
Auction End Date
6/9/2009 12:58:00 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
Title Information
Title (English)
Shulhan Arukh haRav
Title (Hebrew)
שלחן ערוך הרב
Author
[Habad] R. Shneur Zalman of Liady
City
Jozefow
Publication Date
1850-51
Collection Information
Independent Item
This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
Description Information
Physical
Description
Volumes 1 & 2 of 6 only. [2], 191, 14; [1], 143 [i.e. 190], 6 ff., 202:124 mm., wide margins, usual light age staining. A very good copy bound in contemporary boards, rubbed and later spine. Rare - these two volumes are unseen by Mundshein and CD-EPI.
Detailed
Description
The Shulhan Arukh of R. Shneur Zalman of Liady (1745–1813), the founder of Habad Hasidism. He was according to family traditions born in Liozna, Belorussia, on the 18th of Elul. After his marriage in 1760 he devoted himself to Torah study. Concluding that he knew "a little about learning, but nothing about prayer" in 1764 he decided to learn about Hasidism from R. Dov Baer the Maggid of Mezhirech, leader of the Hasidic movement. In Mezhirech he became one of the inner circle of the Maggid's pupils. Although he was one of the youngest pupils, the Maggid had a high opinion of him, and in 1770 delegated to him the task of composing a new and up-to-date Shulhan Arukh. R. Shneur Zalman worked on this book for many years, but published only small parts of it. About one-third was printed posthumously (the rest had been destroyed by fire) and is known as the "Shulhan Arukh of the Rav" (1814). Though not a hasidic work, it represents - as the Maggid had intended - a great halakhic achievement. It evidences R. Shneur Zalman's superb Hebrew style, his ability to provide lucid explanation, and profundity without complexity. It became an authoritative halakhic source among observant Jews.
Paragraph 2
על-פי ווארשא תקצ"ח-ת"ר, בשינוי מבנה החלקים. חלק ב: לא ראינו. [חלק א]: אורח חיים. תרי"א, 1850. [חלק א]: לא ראינו אלא דף השער בלבד, בספריית י"ש צירקינד. מעבר לו אישור הצנזור בווארשא מיום 5 בנובמבר 1849. (חלק ג): הלכות ערובין ויום טוב. תרי"א, 1851. [1], קמג [צ"ל: קסא]; רמג-רמה דף. דף רמה חסר. (חלק ג): מעבר לשער אישור הצנזור מיום 25 בדצמבר 1851. ספירה שניה: קונטרס אחרון [לסי'] שמה-שנה. הועתק, עם ההתנצלות שלפניו ועם מספרי הדפים, מתוך הוצאת שקלאווער, חלק ב, ווארשא ת"ר. (חלק ד): הלכות פסח. תרי"א, 1851. [1], עא; עא דף. מעבר לשער אישור הצנזור מיום 13 במארס 1851. (חלק ה): יורה דעה. תרי"א, 1851. [1], קמה דף. (חלק ה): מעבר לשער אישור הצנזור מיום 28 ביולי 1851. דף קלז-קמה: שאלות ותשובות. הלכות רבית והלכות עיסקא נשמטו. חלק ו: לא ראינו, לא יצא?
Reference
Description
Mundschein, Sifrei haHalacha shel Admor haZakan pp. 90-91, # 7; EJ; CD-EPI 0184610
Associated Images
2 Images
(Click thumbnail to view full size image)
:
Order
Image
Caption
1
2
Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:
Checked
Location
Russia-Poland:
Checked
Subject
Hasidic:
Checked
Halacha:
Checked
Characteristic
Language:
Hebrew
Manuscript Type
Kind of Judaica