Lekutei Torah Parts I-II, R. Shneur Zalman of Liady, Vilna 1903
לקוטי תורה, ויקרא-במדבר - Habad
- Sold Winning Bid: $100.00 Reserve Price Met
- 5 Bid(s) View Bid History
- Lot Number 47628
- Title (English) Lekutei Torah, Parts I-II
- Title (Hebrew) לקוטי תורה, ויקרא-במדבר
- Note Habad
- Author R. Shneur Zalman of Liady
- City Vilna
- Publisher דפוס האלמנה והאחים ראם
- Publication Date 1903
- Estimated Price - Low 200
- Estimated Price - High 500
- Item # 1391779
- End Date
- Start Date
Physical Description:
[2], 8, 54; [1], 96 ff., folio, 332:258 mm., extra wide margins, light age and damp staining, old hands and stamps of previous owners. A very good copy bound in contemporary half leather and cloth over boards, rubbed.
Detailed Description:
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.
Hebrew Description:
"לוח המפתחות" לויקרא-במדבר נחלק, וניתן לכל ספר בראשו. [2] עמ' בסוף הספר: לוח התיקונים.
References:
CD-NLI 0181190; EJ