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Likutei Amarim – Tanya – Zhovkva, 1798 – First Edition of Igeret HaTeshuva Mahadura Kama
Likutei Amarim Tanya, by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi. Zhovkva, [1798].
This edition is the second printing of the Tanya in the author's lifetime, and was presumably printed without his knowledge. This is the first edition containing chapters of Igeret HaTeshuva – Mahadura Kama, printed at the end of the book.
This is actually the first time the book was titled Tanya, a title used ever since. In the first edition, the book was named only Likutei Amarim.
This edition earned two important approbations from prominent rabbis. The first one from R. Moshe Tzvi Hirsh Meisels Rabbi of Zhovkva, and the second from R. Yitzchak HaLevi of Lviv, rabbi of Kraków (R. Yitzchak HaLevi was a foremost opponent of Chassidut, however in this approbation, he praises the book and the author).
[3], 2-74 leaves. 18 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. New leather binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 623.
