(CHASSIDISM).

AUCTION 40 | Thursday, June 26th, 2008 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 276

(CHASSIDISM).

Kuntress HaHithpa'aluth [Discourses by the first three generations of the Chabad Chassidic dynasty: R. Shneur Zalman of Liadi ("Alter Rebbe") (1745-1813); his son R. Dov Baer of Lubavitch ("Mitteler Rebbe")(1773-1827); and grandson R. Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch ("Tzemach Tzedek") (1789-1866)] ff. 49, 56-100, (27), (2 blanks), (15), (4 blanks), (13), (3 blanks), (10), (1 blank), (4). Sepia ink on coarse blue paper, worn. Unbound. 8vo

(Lubavitch: Mid 19th-century)

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

The first portion of this manuscript is taken up by the Kuntress HaHithpa'aluth by R. Dov Baer of Lubavitch (ff.4r.-12v.) "a penetrating analysis of various forms and stages of mystical rapture and ecstasy" (G. Scholem, Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism (1967) p.121. The late Louis Jacobs produced an English translation entitled "Tract on Ecstasy." It would appear that some of the ma'amorim (discourses) in the manuscript are either condensed versions or variants of the published versions. A detailed listing of the contents of the manuscript is available upon request