Auction 49
Lot 048:
Typewriter (stencil) pages with the title: “Nachala L’Yisrael – Hints of the Geulah”, with an explanation below: “B”H Ketz HaYamin which left behind a bracha and is found in the sack of Rabbi Gaon Kadosh Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch, a student of the Rav, and his grandson, of the Baal HaTanya himself and received emet from those who said it.”
A book was printed using the same language in the end in Lemberg (1876) by Rabbi Meshulam Reich, son of the author of the Luchot HaGalgalim, with this maamar inside.
The maamar offers a lengthy exegesis on the Zohar regarding Geulah, and calculates and gives various dates for its fulfillment.
The last leaf here is separated and has the title: “Reveal of Discrepancies…for the ketz now”, with calculations of an additional ketz. At the end appears: “I copied an old letter brought to me by Rabbi Mendel Melamed in Kishinev, 24th of Tevet 1884.”
As stated, these leaves seem to be a copy from a manuscript owned by Chabad Admorim. It is naturally attributed to one of them, but nevertheless there is uncertainty around this essay as to the identity of the author, despite the Tzemach Tzedek appearing in it, since this is most puzzling, since his strong opinion is known regarding the calculation of the ketz and even against earlier chazal like Rabbeinu Bachay, about whom he wrote that in forgiveness of his honor he would not discuss in his commentary on the Torah regarding the calculation of the end, since “where there is chilul hashem one does not show honor.” The work also is almost completely lacking in signs of having been written by a Chabad sage, and its style does not match the Tzemach Tzedek. See a comprehensive article by the famous Chabad bibliographer, Rabbi Mondschein, in his book Migdal Oz, a maamar on chishuveie kitzin, where he discusses this work at length and notes that in a few libraries in Israel the maamar was removed from the book.
14 written pages, printed probably in 1885 (based on the typewritten end: “I completed the copying on 3rd of the week of Yitro 1885”). Holes on the last leaf, stains, tears in the margins, overall good condition.
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