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LOT 83:
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Dov Baer ben Shneur Zalman of Lubavitch (The Mitteler Rebbe). Imrei Binah.
FIRST EDITION. Wide margins. ff. 2, 21, 140 (mispaginated but all complete). Previous owners’ marks, dampstained in places, marginal paper repair on first two leaves, very slight wormholes to some leaves. Modern boards. 4to. Vinograd, Kopyst 98; Habermann, Sha’arei Chabad 7; Wiener 758.
Israel Jaffe, Kopyst: 1821.
First edition of a fundamental text of Chabad Chassidic philosophy.
The author (1773-1827) inherited the mantle of Chassidic leadership from his father, R. Shneur Zalman of Liadi, founder of the Chabad School of Chassiduth. Fondly known by his followers as the ‘Mitteler Rebbe,’ it was he who established the center of Chabad in the Russian hamlet of Lubavitch. The Imrei Binah, displays R. Dov Baer’s exceptional mastery of the esoteric doctrine of Chabad mysticism.
The “Ovdim” of Chabad would pray with intense devotion for a great many hours whilst meditating upon the contemplative Chassidic thought developed in this important work.
