Schneur Zalman of Liadi. Shulchan Aruch - Orach Chaim

AUCTION 50 | Thursday, February 24th, 2011 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Art

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Schneur Zalman of Liadi. Shulchan Aruch - Orach Chaim

FIRST EDITION. A fine, wide-margined copy ff. (1), 2-164, 169-250, (2), 23. Previous owner's marks, stained in places, few upper corners worn. Original calf, rubbed. 8vo Vinograd, Kopyst 58; Y. Mondschein, Siphrei Ha’Halacha shel Admo”r HaZaken (1984) pp. 38-39

Kopyst: Yehudah and Israel Jaffe 1816

Est: $8,000 - $10,000

PRICE REALIZED $7,500

First Edition of the Shulchan Aruch HaRav. Exceptionally Scarce. A Fine Copy with Uncut, Original Wide-Margins. R. Dov Baer, the Maggid of Mehzritch, entrusted his disciple R. Schneur Zalman (the Alter Rebbe), with the task of preparing a "new" Shulchan Aruch with clear, concise explanations. The Shulchan Aruch HaRav states the decided halacha, as well as the underlying reasoning and grew to become authoritative for all Chassidim. Citations to the work are also found in non-Hasidic sources - the Mishnah Berurah, relied upon by Lithuanian Jews and the Ben Ish Chai, by Sephardic Jews. R. Shneur Zalman is also one of three halachic authorities upon whom R. Shlomo Ganzfried based his Kitzur Shulchan Aruch. See S. Y. Zevin, Sopherim VeSepharim, Vol. III for an extensive essay on the importance of the Shulchan Aruch HaRav and the Kuntrass Achron