Likkutei Amarim Tanya by the Alter Rebbe, the Ba’al HaTanya, published on the occasion of Chag HaGeulah, 19 Kislev, by Va’ad Hadpassat Da”ch of Yeshivat Tomchei Temimim D’Lubavitch. Shanghai, 1942.
Very rare edition.
This rare edition was printed during the Holocaust for war refugees who fled to Shanghai, a group that included refugees from the Torah Temimim – Chaba”d yeshivah.
Signature on the flyleaf by the gaon and Chassid Rabbi Yosef Segal Horowitz from when he was a student at the Mir yeshivah in the Shanghai exile, less than a month after 19 Kislev 1942. Rabbi Yosef later served for decades as rosh yeshivah of Chiddushei HaRi”m .
Mondshine, Sifrei HaTanya 38.
[1], 163 leaf, 18.5 cm.
Moderate-fine condition. Worming perforations, primarily in the margins. The first leaves are almost completely detached. Original binding with imprint, blemished and partially dismantled.