Pri HaAretz (Vitebsk) – Kopust, 1814 – First Edition

Pri HaAretz (Vitebsk) – Kopust, 1814 – First Edition

Pri HaAretz, Chassidic and kabbalistic discourses on the Torah portions, by Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk. Kopust (Kopys): R. Yisrael Yoffe, prominent disciple of the Baal HaTanya, [1814]. First edition.

This book contains a collection of discourses which R. Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk delivered in Tiberias, following his immigration to Eretz Israel (in 1777).
Pri HaAretz is one of the most profound and difficult to understand Chassidic books.
Lacking final nine leaves, with the selection of Igrot HaKodesh – letters of guidance in worship of G-d, which R. Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk and R. Avraham of Kalisk sent from Eretz Israel to their disciples in Belarus.
Inscription on title page (in pencil).

[2], 27 leaves. Lacking [9] final leaves. 19.5 cm. Fair condition, last leaves in fair-poor condition. Stains. Worming, affecting text (heavy worming to last leaves). Tear to title page and tears to several other leaves, repaired with paper (on title page, slightly affecting text). Close trimming, slightly affecting headers of leaves. Old binding, broken and detached, without spine.