Lot 191:

Rare! Mitzraf HaAvodah with a Special Letterby the Holy Baal HaTanya. Rabbi Arye Leib Shapiro Press. Zhytomyr 1855.

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Sefer Mitzraf HaAvodah. Zhytomyr 1855.

Rare edition, printed by the righteous Chassidim Shapiro Press from Slavita – Zhytomyr.

Sefer Mitzraf HaAvodah: "הוא ויכוח אשר היה זה כשמונים שנה בין שני גדולי הדור, האחד מעדת החסידים והשני מעת המנגדים, ושניהם לשם שמים נתכוונו… ונלחמו על שדה הנגלה והנסתר, ועל ים התלמוד והפוסקים, ואחרי כן איש את רעהו השלימו. עוד נוסף לזה מכתב מאת הרב הגאון הגדול מופת הדור… מוהר"ר שניאור זלמן [מק"ק לאדי] זצוק"ל". (A dispute going back about 80 years, between two great sages of the generation, one from Chassidim and the other from Misnagdim, both with pure intentions for G-ds sake…. fought through the revealed and hidden realms, through the Talmud and Poskim, and after all were completely in love with each other. Also added a letter from the great Gaon and wonder worker of the generation…. Rabbi Shneur Zalman [of Liadi])

Rabbi Arye Leib Shapiro Press, grandson of Rav of Slavita. Brought to print the second time by Rabbi Meir Greenspon.

On page 32, Signature of : "פנחס במו"ה יהודא ליב אב"ד פה וויקראב פארמשיע [?] טווערסקי" .

This book was first printed in Königsberg in 1958. This copy is of the second and very rare edition, with many variations compared to the first edition. The book discusses the essence of Chassidut, what it is and who is called Chassidim, what are their customs and more, all in question-and-answer format, formatted like the Sefer HaKuzari. Dramatic historical revelations in the book on the great Gaon Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin and his son Rabbi Yitzchak.

It should be noted that the book Vikucha Raba, which is similar to this book in subject, yet differs in essence, in its order and content, was printed much earlier and had many editions.

70 pp. 15 cm. Minor moth signs. Diagonal cut to some pages. New leather binding. Very good condition.

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