Auction 69 - Part I -Rare and Important Items
Three Books – First Editions of the Three Parts of Shaar HaTeshuva VehaTefillah, Published by the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch in His Lifetime – Shklow and Kopust, 1817-1819
Opening: $2,500
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Unsold
Collection of three books – first editions of the three parts of Shaar HaTeshuva VehaTefillah, teachings of the second rebbe of the Chabad dynasty R. Dov Ber Schneuri – the Mitteler Rebbe. Printed in the Rebbe's lifetime. Shklow and Kopust (Kopys), 1817-1819.
1. Shaar HaTeshuva VehaTefillah, Part I – repentance and prayer, joy and bitterness. With the Shaar HaBechira section, "Discusses matters which subdue a person's heart to complete repentance". Shklow, [1817].
Signature on final leaf: "Meir son of Chaim Katz Bichever". Additional signatures on other leaves.
[4], 22; 11, [1], [2]; 84, [2] leaves. 16.5 cm. Mostly printed on greenish paper. Overall good condition. Stains and wear. Worming and wear to several leaves (with minor damage, mostly repaired). Inscriptions and stamps. New binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 586. The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book quotes the Chabad bibliographer Chaim Lieberman, who contends that the book may have been printed in Kopust and not in Shklow.
2. Shaar HaTeshuvah VehaTefillah, Part II, "regarding repentance and service of the heart". Shklow, [1818]. First edition.
2, 42, 2, 5-81, [1] leaves. 16 cm. Greenish paper. Overall good condition. Several leaves in fair condition. Stains. Dampstains. Tears and worming to several leaves, affecting text. New binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 586. This book has several variants (differences in page headings of first gathering).
3. Derech Chaim VeTochachot Mussar Haskel… Part III of Shaar HaTeshuva – "Words of reproach, which subjugate man's heart and bring him closer to his Father in Heaven, in complete repentance". Kopust: R. Yisrael Yoffe, prominent disciple of the Baal HaTanya, [1819]. First edition.
At the end of his preface to this book, the Mitteler Rebbe mentions how Chabad Chassidim cherish manuscripts, preferring them over printed books.
136 leaves. 18 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor marginal tears to several leaves. Stamps. New leather binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 138. This book has several variants (differences in pagination).
1. Shaar HaTeshuva VehaTefillah, Part I – repentance and prayer, joy and bitterness. With the Shaar HaBechira section, "Discusses matters which subdue a person's heart to complete repentance". Shklow, [1817].
Signature on final leaf: "Meir son of Chaim Katz Bichever". Additional signatures on other leaves.
[4], 22; 11, [1], [2]; 84, [2] leaves. 16.5 cm. Mostly printed on greenish paper. Overall good condition. Stains and wear. Worming and wear to several leaves (with minor damage, mostly repaired). Inscriptions and stamps. New binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 586. The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book quotes the Chabad bibliographer Chaim Lieberman, who contends that the book may have been printed in Kopust and not in Shklow.
2. Shaar HaTeshuvah VehaTefillah, Part II, "regarding repentance and service of the heart". Shklow, [1818]. First edition.
2, 42, 2, 5-81, [1] leaves. 16 cm. Greenish paper. Overall good condition. Several leaves in fair condition. Stains. Dampstains. Tears and worming to several leaves, affecting text. New binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 586. This book has several variants (differences in page headings of first gathering).
3. Derech Chaim VeTochachot Mussar Haskel… Part III of Shaar HaTeshuva – "Words of reproach, which subjugate man's heart and bring him closer to his Father in Heaven, in complete repentance". Kopust: R. Yisrael Yoffe, prominent disciple of the Baal HaTanya, [1819]. First edition.
At the end of his preface to this book, the Mitteler Rebbe mentions how Chabad Chassidim cherish manuscripts, preferring them over printed books.
136 leaves. 18 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor marginal tears to several leaves. Stamps. New leather binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 138. This book has several variants (differences in pagination).
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