Five books, relating the history of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the Alter Rebbe, Baal HaTanya and Shulchan Aruch:
1. Der Raw, kulturhistorische Erzählung [The Rabbi, Cultural-Historical Story], by Judäus [pseudonym of Rabbi Dr. Naftali Herz Ehrmann]. Frankfaurt am Main: Israelit, [1914]. German.
The life and work of the Alter Rebbe, with his printed portrait bound at the head of the volume.
The author, Rabbi Naftali Herz Ehrmann (1849-1918), head of the Beit Din in Baden (Switzerland), Trier and Lübeck (Germany), was a close associate of the Rebbe Rashab and his son, the Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch, and took part in their public activities. Rebbe Rashab praised Rabbi Ehrmann in the strongest possible terms, in a lengthy letter he wrote in 5661 as part of his battle against the "Hevra Mefitsei Haskalah" (Society for the Promotion of Culture among the Jews of Russia).
The book was translated into Yiddish by the educator, Rebbetzin Ettel Tzerna Hodakov (wife of Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Aizik Hodakov, secretary of the Rebbe Rayatz and the Lubavitcher Rebbe), printed by Kehot Press (Brooklyn, 1985).
2. "In di Getzelten fun Chabad" [in the Tents of Chabd], tales of the Alter Rebbe, Baal HaTanya and various Chassidic stories, by Moshe Eliyahu (Morris) Indritz. Chicago: Courier, 1927. Yiddish. Printed portrait of the Alter Rebbe.
3. Toldot Anshei Shem, the lives of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi and the Rebbes of Hungary, R. Moshe Teitelbaum (the "Yismach Moshe"), R. Yekutiel Yehuda Teitelbaum (the "Yitav Lev"), and other Tzadikim, by Yehoshua Rocker. Cleveland (USA): Progressive Printing Co., 1939. Yiddish.
4. Mishnat Yoel, history of the Alter Rebbe, his Chassidic teachings, rulings and practices. Including an assortment of Igrot Kodesh by the Alter Rebbe and disciples of the Maggid of Mezeritch. Edited by R. Yoel Diskin and R. Yitzchak Avigdor Orenstein. Jerusalem: H. Zuckermann, 1941.
5. Baal HaTanya, Rebbi Shneur Zalman of Liadai, by D. Zeira (Dov Rozen). Kfar Chabd: "Yad HaChamisha" press, 1962. Bound at the head of the volume is a photo copy of a letter sent to the author by the Rebbe Rayatz. The author's hand-signed visiting card is pasted onto title page (dated 19th Kislev, 1962).
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