Magen Avot (Kopust) – Complete Set – First Edition – Berditchev, 1902

Magen Avot (Kopust) – Complete Set – First Edition – Berditchev, 1902

Magen Avot, Chassidic discourses on the Torah portions and festivals, Shir HaShirim, selections on Neviim and Ketuvim and wedding homilies, by Rebbe Shlomo Zalman Schneersohn of Kopust, grandson of the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch. Berditchev (Berdychiv): Chaim Yaakov Sheftel, 1902. First edition.

Complete set; seven parts; two title pages to each part. The first six parts comprise discourses printed based on the author's manuscript. Part VII contains discourses recorded by his listeners and edited by him. The author, Rebbe Shlomo Zalman of Kopust (1830-1900), was the son of

Rebbe Yehudah Leib (the Maharil) of Kopust and grandson of the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch, who regularly taught him Torah and Chassidut, "and he did not leave his tent until he revealed all his hidden wisdom to him…" (Beit Rebbe, III, chapter 8, p. 16). Following the passing of the Tzemach Tzedek, the majority of Chabad Chassidim appointed R. Yehudah Leib (Maharil) of Kopust (father of R. Shlomo Zalman) as their rebbe. But Rebbe Yehudah Leib passed away in 1866, only six months after the passing of his father, the Tzemach Tzedek. R. Shlomo Zalman succeeded him as rebbe and led the Chabad-Kopust Chassidim for about 34 years. A small part of his discourses was printed posthumously in the Magen Avot series, the present item.

Seven parts in two volumes. Volume I (Bereshit-Bamidbar): [4], 48; [2], 57; [2], [50]; [2], 80 leaves. Volume II (Devarim; Shir HaShirim, selections and wedding homilies; additions from listeners' copies, with index of verses): [2], 105, [1]; [2], 49; [2], 74, [1]; 15 leaves. 29 cm. Good condition. Light stains. New bindings.