Auction 61
Lot 8:
Tanya published by Rabbi Shneur Zalman Shmotkin (see below). On the back board is a large impression: “בית מ"ס והוצאת ספרים שניאור זלמן שמאטקן ווארשא”. Printed in Vilna 1930, a facsimile of the Vilna 1900 edition published by Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch. See the printer letter, Mondschein, Sefer HaTanya, p. 221. Two title pages. [1], 163 leaves,
Original binding, detached, without spine. Few detached leaves. Few moth perforations. Good overall condition.
Rabbi Shneur Zalman Shmotkin was a founder of the Tomchei Temimim yeshiva in Warsaw and served in its administration. He was also a member of the Ma’arechet HaTamim. At the end of his life he had a book business called “Beis Mechiras Sefarim Schneur”. After the Rayatz left Russia, he gave him a number of boxes of religious manuscripts. When a fire broke out in his home destroying all of his possessions, Rabbi Shmotkin was able to save the Rebbe’s manuscripts at the expense of his personal wealth, which caused the Rayatz great satisfaction. He died al Kddush Hashem in 1942.
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