Auction 046 Special Chabad Auction in Honor of 11th Nisan - Birthday of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, and in Honor of Pesach

Amudei Gola (Semak) – Approbation by Ba'al HaTanya – Liadi, 1805– Only Hebrew Book Printed in Liadi

Opening: $200
Sold for: $575
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Amudei Gola, Sefer Mitzvot Katan (Semak) by R. Yitzchak (Isaac) of Corbeil. Liadi: Baruch, Yitzchak and Moshe Segal, [1805].

Approbations by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi – the Baal HaTanya, and R. Chanoch Henich Shick of Shklov. This is one of the few approbations of the Ba'al HaTanya to ever be printed.


Approx. 21 cm. Blueish paper. Good condition. Stains, including dark stains. Wear. Tears, including small open tears to title page (not affecting text). Minor worming. Leaves unevenly trimmed. Stamps. New binding.


The only Hebrew book printed in Liadi, Ba'al HaTanya's home town. For more about the Liadi printing house, see: Friedberg, Toldot HaDfus HaIvri B'Polania (History of Jewish Printing in Poland), p. 137. 117, 116-117 ff.

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