Beschreibung:

Babylonian Talmud, Zhitomir edition (1858-1864). Printed by the grandsons of the Rav from Slavita, the brothers Rabbi Chanina Lipa and Rabbi Yehoshua Heshel Shapira. 18 volumes (out of 20). Large size, wide margins. Some of the volumes still contain the rare, original yellow or green paper cover with notices to the subscribers and cover title pages (the paper cover to tractate Avoda Zara contains a list of all the volumes of the Talmud and a disclaimer that the printers should not be suspect, G-d forbid, of intentionally omitting any remarks from Rabbi Akiva Eiger or from the Gaon of Vilna…). Many of the volumes are stamped (white on black ground) by the Rebbe of Liadi-Lubavitch, Rabbi Chaim Shneur Zalman, the son of the Tzemach Tzedek. Most of the volumes contain the signature of his son, the Rebbe of Liadi, Rabbi Yitzchak Duber Schneerson (Mahari”d) and his grandson Rabbi Yehuda Leib Schneerson. In the tractate of Brachot, he signs, “Rabbi Yehuda Leib Schneerson, Rabbi of Vitebsk.” (In other words, this Talmud was still in his possession after the year 1906 when he was appointed to be Rabbi of Viebsk). Tractate Eiruvin, contains the signature of Rabbi Baruch Schneerson [From Smolensk, and son of Mahari”d]. Also contains Yemenite ownership signatures (Arusi, Hashash). The original binding was repaired unprofessionally by Yemenite bookbinders (the newspapers used to repair the binding are dated from 1935 to 1940). On some volumes, the first and last pages and the covers contain notes on revealed Torah and on Chassidus in the handwriting of the Rebbe, the Tzemach Tzedek (the father of Rabbi Chaim Shneur Zalman and the grandfather of Rabbi Yitzchak Duber). The handwriting of everything mentioned above has been compared to manuscript photos by experts, and it appears to be the handwriting of the Tzemach Tzedek. See attached expert appraisal and photos. The Tzemach Tzedek, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, passed away in the year 1866, approximately five years after the Talmud was printed. The third son of the Tzemach Tzedek, the Rebbe Rabeinu Chaim Sheur Zalman (1814-1880), was on his first marriage son-in-law of the Tzemach Tzedek’s younger brother Rabbi Shmuel (Rebbe Moharash). After his father’s death he served for three years as the Rebbe in the city of Lubavitch, and in the year 1869 he handed over the position to the Tzemach Tzedek’s brother, the “Moharash.” He personally moved his court to the city of Liadi, where his grandfather the author of the Tanya had lived. It is said that when he prayed, he became completely oblivious to his surroundings and he prayed out loud, melodiously, with incredible devotion. See the attached documentation about him. The son of Rebbe Chaim Sheur Zalman, Rabbi Duber Schneerson (1814-1880) was a disciple of his grandfather the Tzemach Tzedek, and the Rebbe of Liadi from 1880) He wrote the commentary Mahari”d on the daily prayer service, according to the Ar”i (Berditchov, 1913). He is mentioned in the sefer “Beit Rabbi,” (Berditchov 5662) as “The eldest Rabbi of Beit Chaba”d”. His son Rabbi Yehuda Leib Schneerson served as Rabbi in the city of Hümmel and Vitebsk. Also, after 1917 he continued to serve as Rabbi in the city of Vitebsk despite Communist rule. See attached documentation. 18 volumes, approximately 42 cm (The missing volumes contain tractates Gittin-Nazir, Beitzah, Moed Katan, Megillah, and Ta’anit). (All the volumes appear to be from the Talmud owned by the Schneerson family except for Shavuos and Avoda Zara which have notes and signatures from other owners). Notes are handwritten by the Tzemach Tzedek in six volumes, more than twenty notes and comments. Damaged by moth mostly in the binding, stains, foxing, and wear from use. Leather binding, and leather binding with cloth-covered cardboard. The bindings' condition ranges from poor to good. The condition of the Talmud itself ranges from very good to fair.