Schneur Zalman of Liadi. Sepher Likutei Amarim [“Tanya”] - Chelek Shlishi: Igereth HaTeshuvah

Igereth HaTeshuvah is the third section of the Alter Rebbe’s Tanya. This edition differs radically from the original version of the Igereth HaTeshuvah that first appeared in Zolkiew in 1799. (See Kestenbaum Auction 49, Lot 80). Indeed, Chassidim refer to the Zolkiew edition as the first draft - the “Igereth HaTeshuvah Mahadura Kama.” In 1806 two issues of the Igereth HaTeshuvah were printed. The first contained all three parts of the Tanya, and the present work, an independent issue of the Igereth HaTeshuvah exclusively, that corrects errors that had crept into the earlier Shklov issue. This copy with a unique, varient final leaf: The copy described by Mondschein (p.152) naming the typesetters appears on the verso of the final leaf, whereas in our copy, the typesetter names appear on the recto of the final leaf OR THIS?? Igereth HaTeshuvah is the third section of the Alter Rebbe’s Tanya. This edition differs radically from the original version of the Igereth HaTeshuvah that first appeared in Zolkiew in 1799. (See Kestenbaum Auction 49, Lot 80). Indeed, Chassidim refer to the Zolkiew edition as the first draft - the “Igereth HaTeshuvah Mahadura Kama.” In 1806 two issues of the Igereth HaTeshuvah were printed. The first contained alll three parts of the Tanya, and the present work, an independent issue of the Igereth HaTeshuvah exclusively, that corrects errors that had crept into the earlier Shklov issue.