The personal copy of Rabbi Shneur Tzvi Schneerson with his handwritten innovations; a volume with tractates Rosh HaShana and Megilah of the Bavli Talmud and Tractate Shekalim of the Yerushalmi Talmud. Printed by the grandsons of the Rav of Slavuta. Zhitomir, [1864].
Tractates Rosh HaShana and Megilah, Bavli Talmud with commentators and Rav Alfas. Printed at its end, Tractate Shekalim, Yerushalmi Talmud, with the Rambam’s commentary on the Mishnayos. Printed by the grandsons of the Rav of Slavuta, the brothers Chanina LIpa and Rabbi Yehoshua Heschil Shapiro. Zhitomir, [1864]. With stamps of "Shneur Tzvi ben Rabbi levi Yitzchak Schneerson" and with his innovations on the Tkufos and Mo’ados mentioned in Tractate Rosh HaShana 8a.
[2], 2-48; 206-221; [1], 41; 257-278; [1], 2-13 leaves, 38 cm. [2] title pages for Tractate Rosh HaShana and a title page for each of the additional tractates. Important edition of the Tractates of the Shas by the famed Zhitomir press managed by the pious brothers of the Shapiro brothers, with stamps of Rabbi Shneur Zalman Schneerson, the Toras Moshe society Tel Aviv and the Ohel Yitzchak synagogue of the Chabad Chassidim of Jaffa.
Rabbi Shneur Tzvi ben Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson (1855-1932), fifth generation since the Admor HaZaken, Chassid of the Rebbe Maharash of Chabad and one of the founders of Chadera. Was born in Belarus and studied in Lubavitch with the Admor the Rashab and was one of his close confidantes. Subsequent to pogroms, he decided in 1882 to immigrate to Eretz Yisroel. He joined a society for purchasing lands for the foundation of Chadera, purchasing thousands of acres. In 1891, he immigrated with his eldest son, settling in Chadera, where he received permits for building houses. He planted a vineyard, dried up swamps and became sick with malaria. In 1896, he returned to Belarus to being his family yet was detained there until 1904. In 1906, he again returned to Belarus to handle his in-law’s estate. Due to disputes concerning the estate, it was confiscated by the Bolsheviks in 1917. He returned to Chadera in 1911. Passed away in Iyar, 1932. Two of his sons were members of the Nili underground movement.
Blemished leather binding, blemished spine – some leaves are partly detached and a few are detached, stains, moth damage, poor-fair condition.
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