Quarto, 208:135 mm., usual age staining, nice margins, some chipping. A good copy bound in later cloth boards.

The Habad siddur with liturgies for the entire year. Includes full Haggadah, Pirkei Avot, and the commentary on liturgy Derekh Hayyim.

R. Shneur Zalman of Liady (1745–1813), the founder of Chabad 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 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.

Hebrew Description

  ... עפ"י נוסח... האר"י ז"ל, עם כל הדינים והמנהגים כאשר יסד... ר’ שניאור זלמן זצ"ל מק"ק לאדי... נלוה עליו תורה אור ... [ועוד] א. קריאות והפטרות... ב. סליחות לבה"ב ולתעניתים... ג. תפלות לעצירת גשמים ולרבוי גשמים, ד. הרחמן לבהמ"ז של ברית מילה. חלק [א]-ב. ‬

בחלק א שני שערים. השער הראשון: סדר תפלה עם תורה אור עם שער הכולל...

נוסח חב"ד.

הוצאה קודמת: תרע"א

בעריכת ר’ אברהם דוד לאוואוט.

[חלק א]: קפח [צ"ל: קפז], [41] דף. ספירת הדפים משובשת.

חלק ב: סדור תורה אור ושער הכולל, חלק שני ... מט, [8], עה, [2] דף.

Bibliography of the Hebrew Book 1470-1960 #000312642; Yudlov in Siddur, p. 367, # 199; EJ