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LOT 43:

Likutei Torah – Zhitomir, 1848 – First Edition

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Likutei Torah – Zhitomir, 1848 – First Edition

Likutei Torah, four parts, Chassidic essays on the books of Vayikra-Devarim, the festivals and Shir HaShirim, by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi – the Baal HaTanya. Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa, R. Aryeh Leib and R. Yehoshua Heshel Shapira, grandsons of the Rabbi of Slavita, 1848. First edition. Four parts in four volumes.
Likutei Torah is considered one of the most important and fundamental books in Chabad Chassidic thought. The book contains the discourses on the books of Vayikra-Devarim (and on Parashiot Beshalach and Pekudei), while the discourses on the books of Bereshit and Shemot are printed in the book Torah Or (Kopust 1836. See item 40).
The book contains homilies which the Baal HaTanya delivered to the public on Shabbat and festivals, as well as commentaries which he gave over to his sons and select disciples during the course of the week, to clarify what he had said in the Shabbat sermon. The homilies mostly deal with the Chassidic approach to worship of G-d, while the commentaries explain and simplify kabbalistic concepts, based on Chassidic teachings.
The book was written and arranged by the grandson and close disciple of the Baal HaTanya, the Tzemach Tzedek. A third of the book comprises glosses and sources written by the Tzemach Tzedek. The book was brought to print by the sons of the Tzemach Tzedek, Rebbe Yehuda Leib of Kopust and Rebbe Chaim Shneur Zalman of Liadi.
The book Beit Rebbi (Berdychiv 1902, I, p. 173) reports in the name of one of the rebbes (presumably the Magen Avot of Kopust), that the homilies in Likutei Torah are word for word the teachings which the Baal HaTanya received from R. Avraham HaMalach, son of the Maggid of Mezeritch, and that each letter is permeated with Divine Inspiration.

Four parts in four volumes.

* Vol. I (Vayikra): [1], 8; 50 ff.

* Vol. II (Bamidbar): [1], 96 ff.

* Vol. III (Devarim): [1], 100 ff. Wide margins.

* Vol. IV (Shir HaShirim): [1], 2-3, 3-51 ff.

* Bound with: Hosafot LeSefer Likutei Torah (Zhitomir, 1851). [6] ff.
25.5-30.5 cm. Condition varies, good to fair. Stains, including dampstains and dark stains. Vols. III with many dampstains, affecting title page. Tears and open tears to several leaves, some repaired with paper. Tears to title page of vol. I and III. Worming, affecting title page border and first leaves of vol IV. Handwritten inscriptions. Stamps. Extensive damage and wear to Hosafot LeSefer Likutei Torah. New bindings.