Hillel Malisov of Paritch and Bobroisk. Likutei Bi’urim [a collection of commentaries to three works of Dov Baer ben Shneur Zalman of Lubavitch (the “Mitteler Rebbe”)]: I) Kuntress HaHithpa’aluth. * II) Sha’ar HaYichud. * III) Hakdamath Derech Chaim.

“A penetrating analysis of various forms and stages of mystical rapture and ecstasy” (See Scholem, Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism, p. 121). This edition of Kuntress HaHithpa’aluth contains textual variants and an introduction of R. Dov Baer not found in earlier editions (see Habermann, Sha’arei Chabad p. 317). The author, R. Dov Baer, succeeded his father R. Shneur Zalman as leader of the Chabad branch of Chassidism. R. Hillel Malisov (d. 1864), erstwhile chassid of R. Mordechai of Chernobyl, was a devoted disciple of Rabbi Dov Baer, after whose death, became a follower of his successor (and son-in-law), R. Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch, the “Tzemach Tzedek.”