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Lot #		34814
Auction End Date		7/17/2012 11:00:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)

Title Information

Title (English)

Shulhan Arukh haRav - Part IV-V; Hoshen Mishpat

Title (Hebrew)

שלחן ערוך הרב, חלק ד-ה; חושן משפט

Author

[Habad] R. Shneur Zalman of Liady

City

Jozefow - Koenigsberg

Publisher

דוד סעדי' ישעי' וואקס

Publication Date

1855; 1858

Collection Information

Independent Item

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Description Information

Physical
Description

Volumes 4-5 of 5. [1], 72; 71; [1], 145; [1], 26, [1], 26-27, 27-65 ff., 8°, 190:120 mm., wide margins, usual light age staining, stamps. Very good copies not bound.

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 ( Reference Description

Paragraph 2

חלק ד): הלכות פסח. [1], עב; עא דף. (חלק ד): היא-היא הוצאת תרי"ג, עם שער חדש. מעבר לו אישור הצנזור מיום 18 ביוני 1852.

(חלק ה):Dea Jore. (חלק ה): [1], קמה דף. (חלק ה): מעבר לשער אישור הצנזור כנ"ל. נדפס דף-על-דף ושורה-על-שורה על- פי יוזעפאף תרי"א.

חושן משפט מהלכות הצריכות מלוקטות מטח"מ [מטור חושן משפט] ... ועלה כולו קמשונים בדפוסים שונים, ועתה שמנו עין עיונינו עליו להדפיסו באותיות חדשות ויפות ובניר טוב ולבן ובדפוס משובח ובהגהה מדויקת ... בשנת לי' ק'וו רשעים לאבדני עדותיך את'ב'ו'נ'ן'

Reference
Description

Mundschein, Sifrei haHalacha shel Admor haZakan pp. 94-95, # 9; 96-97, #11; EJ; CD-EPI 0181049; 0181052

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