DOV BAER OF LUBAVITCH (The Mitteler Rebbe). Kuntress HaHithpa'aluth. ff.18. * With: Kuntress Katan Me’Inyanei Bechirah. ff. 9.

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(CHASSIDISM).

DOV BAER OF LUBAVITCH (The Mitteler Rebbe). Kuntress HaHithpa'aluth. ff.18. * With: Kuntress Katan Me’Inyanei Bechirah. ff. 9.

Second edition. Uncut copy. Unbound. 8vo Vinograd, Koenigsberg 213; Habermann, Shaarei Chabad 233 and 243

(Koenigsberg): (1826? / 1831?)

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $300

Kuntress HaHithpa'aluth has been described as "a penetrating analysis of various forms and stages of mystical rapture and ecstasy" (G. Scholem, Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism (1967) p.121.)The second Kuntress contains a Chassidic Chabad interpretation of free will. There is confusion among bliographers as to the date of publication.