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Lot #
5792
Auction End Date
10/8/2003 1:58:00 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
Title Information
Title (English)
Lekutei Amurim - Tanya
Title (Hebrew)
לקוטי אמרים - תניא
Author
[Chabad] R. Shnuer Zalman of Liady
City
Lebanon
Publisher
Kehot
Publication Date
1978-79
Collection Information
Independent Item
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Description Information
Physical
Description
[4], 452, [2] pp., 8 vo., 116:78 mm., unread copy loose in the original boards.
Detailed
Description
R. Shnuer Zalman of Liady (1745–1813), the founder of Chabad Chasidism 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. Shnuer 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. Shnuer Zalman's superb Hebrew style, his ability to provide lucid explanation, and profundity without complexity. It became an authoritative halakhic source among observant Jews.
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Listing Classification
Period
20th Century:
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Location
Other:
Lebanon
Subject
Hasidic:
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Characteristic
Language:
Hebrew
Manuscript Type
Kind of Judaica
