Di Megillah fun alveltlichen bavusten chassidishe'n yom tov Yud Tes Kislev

AUCTION 44 | Thursday, June 25th, 2009 at 1:00

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

Back to Catalogue Download Catalogue

<Previous Lot

/343

Next Lot>

Lot 91

(CHASSIDISM)

Di Megillah fun alveltlichen bavusten chassidishe'n yom tov Yud Tes Kislev

FIRST EDITION. Yiddish. With prefatory letter by R. Joseph Isaac Schneersohn pp. 16. Browned. Original wrappers, front detached. 12mo

Warsaw: Swiat 1938

Est: $300 - $400

PRICE REALIZED $400

This rare "Megillah" was intended to be read aloud at the traditional Yud-Tes Kislev gathering, a celebration commemorating the release of R. Shneur Zalman of Liadi (founder of Chabad Chassidism) from false imprisonment in St. Petersburg. See Haberman, Sha'arei Chabad in: Alei Ayin [S.Z. Schocken Festschrift] (1952), no. 41