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Lot #    4426
Auction End Date    4/29/2003 1:38:00 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Shulchan Aruch Ha'Rav (Yore De'ah and Responsa)
Title (Hebrew)    שלחן ערוך הרב - חלק יו'ד ושו'ת
Author    [Chabad - First Ed.] R. Schneer Zalman of Liady
City    Kopyst
Publisher    Israel Yaffa
Publication Date    1814
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    [1], 48, 54, [16] f., quarto, 211:174 mm., extra wide margins, worming throughout book expertly repaired, old marginal notes on several f. bound in the original calf binding, mounted on new cloth and restored.
          
Paragraph 1    First edition with important manuscript notes on several margins. Blue paper copy.
          
Detailed
Description		    The Shulchan Arukh of R. Shneur Zalman of Liady (1745–1813), the founder of Chabad Chasidism. 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 Chasidism from R. Dov Baer the Maggid of Mezhirech, leader of the Chassidic 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 chasidic 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.
          
Reference
Description		    Mundschein, Zifrei Ha'Halacha shel Admor Ha'Zakein p. 26; Enc. Jud.
        
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Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Russia-Poland:    Checked
  
Subject
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Characteristic
Blue Paper:    Checked
First Editions:    Checked
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
  
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