Auction 40 · Lot 276
(CHASSIDISM).
- Estimate
- $2,000–$3,000
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Place
(Lubavitch
Publication
Mid 19th-century)
Description
Kuntress HaHithpa'aluth [Discourses by the first three generations of the Chabad Chassidic dynasty: R. Shneur Zalman of Liadi ("Alter Rebbe") (1745-1813); his son R. Dov Baer of Lubavitch ("Mitteler Rebbe")(1773-1827); and grandson R. Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch ("Tzemach Tzedek") (1789-1866)]
summary
The first portion of this manuscript is taken up by the Kuntress HaHithpa'aluth by R. Dov Baer of Lubavitch (ff.4r.-12v.) "a penetrating analysis of various forms and stages of mystical rapture and ecstasy" (G. Scholem, Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism (1967) p.121. The late Louis Jacobs produced an English translation entitled "Tract on Ecstasy."
It would appear that some of the ma'amorim (discourses) in the manuscript are either condensed versions or variants of the published versions. A detailed listing of the contents of the manuscript is available upon request
ff. 49, 56-100, (27), (2 blanks), (15), (4 blanks), (13), (3 blanks), (10), (1 blank), (4). Sepia ink on coarse blue paper, worn. Unbound. 8vo
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