Physical Description:

First edition. [2], 63, [1] ff., octavo, 183:111 mm., wide margins, light age staining. A very good copy bound in contemporary boards, rubbed and split.

Detailed Description:   

Hasidic discourse on marriage and the "Cup of Grace" by the son of the founder of the Habad Hasidim. R. Dov Ber Schneerson (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 Ber'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. 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 holiday among Habad Hasidim. He passed on in Nezhin in Ukraine.

Hebrew Description:

חברו הרב... דוב בער [שניאורי] זצ"ל, אשר נמצאו בין כתבי קודש שלו, ויסודותם... מכבוד אביו... ר' שניאור זלמן נבג"מ אשר שמע מפי קדשו. ויען כי דבריו... היה בקיצור ובסתימות, הרחיב כבוד בנו... בלשון מדברת ובאריכות ... שנת ו'ב'י'ר'א'ת' ה''

שני שערים. בשער השני הפרט: נגד חכמי ומביני מדע, ברוח נכאה, שמתי ל'מ'ב'ט'ח'י' מ'א'ת' ה'א'ל' ה'ג'ד'ו'ל' [תרכ"ד]. כולל: [א]: "דרוש גביע הכסף... בו מבואר כל כוס של ברכה, ברכת המזון, וכוס של קידוש, וכוס שלעתיד לבא, כל אחד בכוונה מיוחדת. אח"כ [ב] (קונטרס) ברכת חתנים... יבואר בו ענין אמונה, וענין חתן וכלה".

References:

CD-NLI 0181198; Habermann, Habad #117