Three manuscript leaves, interesting selections from rebbes of Chabad. [Russia, ca. 19th century].
• Handwritten leaf, unpublished section of a discourse by one of the rebbes of Chabad, containing wondrous and unknown teachings in the name of the Tzemach Tzedek about the Be'er Mayim Chaim. The Tzemach Tzedek explained that great Tzaddikim would receive Divine revelations on Shabbat, which changed them fundamentally, as is known about the Be'er Mayim Chaim, who would grow a head taller on Shabbat: "Whoever saw him on weekdays, did not recognize him on Shabbat…".
• Handwritten leaf from a Chabad "bichel", with a copying of a ruling of the Tzemach Tzedek regarding reciting the blessing of Shehecheyanu on Purim morning. The copying concludes: "Copied from the manuscript of Rebbe Menachem Mendel, from what he wrote in his siddur in 1865".
The Baal HaTanya ruled in his siddur that Shehecheyanu is not recited before the reading of the Megillah on Purim morning, and this was practiced in Chabad communities for decades after his passing. However, in 1865 (or 1864), his grandson the Tzemach Tzedek, in a note he wrote in a copy of the siddur of the Baal HaTanya, ruled like the opinion that Shehecheyanu is recited (see enclosed material).
• Handwritten leaf, notes and copyings on various topics: copying of a letter of the Mitteler Rebbe, copying of a letter from the Baal HaTanya regarding Napoleon, copyings from the Pinkas of the Chevra Kadisha of Liozna, with the first documentation of the Baal HaTanya, and more.
3 leaves. Size and condition vary.