Shneur Zalman of Liadi. (Tanya) - Likutei Amarim.

(CHASSIDISM)

The Widow and Brothers Romm

Vilna

1900

Wide-margined copy. With signature of Abraham Yitzchak Rachlin of Krementchug. Printed with three title-pages.

Mondschein, Sepher HaTanya: Bibliographia (1981) pp. 107-12, no. 30. Stefansky, Chassiduth no. 48.

THE ROMM TANYA, THE MATRIX OF ALL SUBSEQUENT EDITIONS. The individual responsible for the issue of this edition of the Tanya - which has remained the standard layout for all subsequent editons - was Asher ben Meir, Shochet of Nikolayev (surname Grossman). He was a disciple of R. Hillel of Paritch, a chasid of the Rebbe Mahara”sh (R. Samuel Schneersohn) and later his son, the Rebbe Rasha”b (R. Shalom Dov-Baer Schneersohn) (see Mondschein, p. 109, n. 8). R. Asher Grossman had been designated by the Rebbe Rasha”b to supervise the printing of the edition and out of awe for the holy task assigned him, he was known to undertake numerous fasts during the lengthy process of production. This Tanya incorporates many variants discovered in manuscripts belonging to the grandsons of the Tzemach Tzedek (see p. 2). Both R. Joseph Isaac Schneersohn and his son-in-law and successor, R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson (sixth and seventh Lubavitcher Rebbes) earnestly vouched for the particular reliability of this Vilna edition of the Tanya. See M. M. Laufer, Yemei Melech Vol. I (1991) pp. 108-