Auction 5 Judaica
By Legacy Judaica
Apr 4, 2019
Freehold Jewish center 59 Broad street, Freehold NJ. 07728, United States
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LOT 73:

Derech Chaim. First Edition. [Kapust 1819]. Rare Underground Edition. Magnificent Copy.

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Derech Chaim. First Edition. [Kapust 1819]. Rare Underground Edition. Magnificent Copy.
Mamorim on Teshuva and Tefilah, by R. Dov Ber Schneerson (1773-1827), “the Mittler Rebbe” of Lubavitch, who inherited the mantle of Chassidic leadership from his father, R. Shneur Zalman of Liadi, “the Alter Rebbe”. He was the first Rebbe to live in town of Lubavitch and had an immense influence on his Chasidim in particular and on communal Jewish life in Russia in general. He was also a prolific author and his seforim are fundamentals of Chasidic thought.
This first edition has three variants with different paginations. According to the official bibliography of the Otzar Ha’Chasidim (Kehot), (Derech Chaim, p. 117), the three editions were printed in Kapust in 1819. R. Sholom Duber Levine in his essay regarding this edition (Yagdil Torah Chabad, Year 8 Issue 59, p. 247-254), writes that this edition was printed either somewhere in Russia/Poland or in Kapust, in an underground Chabad printing press which was established after the 1837 decree prohibiting publishing Jewish books. In this printing press, only five works were printed with forged censor authorizations and with fake dates of printing. The title pages of each of these five printings bear an old decoration originating in a Russian printing press which was closed at that time.
Vinograd Kapust 127. Stefansky Chassidus 138. [5], 189 pages. 17 cm. Excellent condition. Blue high-quality paper. Modern binding.
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