Sefer Beit Rebbe – Complete Set – History of the First Chabad Rebbes – Berditchev, 1903

Sefer Beit Rebbe – Complete Set – History of the First Chabad Rebbes – Berditchev, 1903

Sefer "Beit Rebbe", the history of the first three generations of Chabad Rebbes – their essays and compositions, their households and their disciples, by R. Chaim Meir Heilmann of Lyepyel. Berditchev, Chaim Yaakov Sheftil, 1903. Stereotype printing of the 1902 edition.

The work comprises three parts: I. History of the Alter Rebbe Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Baal HaTanya and Shulchan Aruch (this part includes the history of Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk); II. History of Rabbi Dov Ber, the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch, son of the Alter Rebbe; III. History of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch, grandson of the Alter Rebbe.

In a lengthy foreword, the author describes the efforts put into compiling this work, which was based on meticulous primary-source research, and took thirteen years to complete.

Three parts in three volume; Separate title page to each part; general title-page in part I. * Part. I: [2], 16 pp., 90 ff. Leaf 17 missing. Ownership inscription of "Yosef HaKohen Yaakobof". * Part II: [1], 2-18 ff. * Part III: [1], 2-22 ff. Approx. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor wear. Signatures. New matching bindings.

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