Auction 53
Lot 003:
The edition princeps of the Tanya by the Admor HaZaken, with Igeret HaTshuva and Igeret HaKodesh. “New, corrected release.” This edition was the first glossed edition in many years and after many previous editions, edited according to various manuscripts with important additions, which received the approval of Chabad Admorim and is considered "a master edition, " according to which the Tanya book should be printed. To this day, many of the editions that have since been published on all corners of the globe are in fact a photographic print of this edition before us – by the Ram widow and brothers, Vilna, 1900.
The title page has a stamp from Rabbi Avraham Paris, a chassid of the Rayatz and Rebbe. Two title pages. [2] 2-163 pages. Wide margins. Tape in the internal margins, no damage to text, on a number of the first pages. Moth holes, moth damage on the last two leaves, no binding, overall fair to good condition.
Rabbi Avraham Paris (1889-1968) was a pioneer in spreading Chassidut in the US, as leader of the Center for Educational Matters and Comptroller of Chabad Institutes in Israel. He was very close to the Rebbe and worked to spread Chassidut via sichot of the Rayatz. Over the years he worked with the Rebbe in the same room, and had an especially close relationship with him.
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