Manuscript, Essays of the Tzemach Tzedek and his son the Moharash - Documentation of the First Years of the ...

Manuscript, Essays of the Tzemach Tzedek and his son the Moharash - Documentation of the First Years of the Leadership of the Moharash - 1866
Manuscript volume of essays of Chabad chassidut. Most are from the teachings of R. Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, author of the "Tzemach Tzedek", and his son the Moharash - R. Shmuel Schneersohn. [White Russia, ca. 1860-1880]. Glosses.
Large Bichel (handwritten volume), includes essays and notebooks copied from various authors, mainly from 1860s-1870s. Several of the notebooks are written in a handwriting similar to that of the members of the household of the Tzemach Tzedek (R. Shmuel Sofer and others). Most of the volume is comprised of essays from the Tzemach Tzedek and his son the Moharash. There are also Chassidic discourses that are seemingly taken from the teachings of the Rebbes of Kapust and Liadi. The end of the volume contains a copy of a letter written in 1867 from R. Shlomo Zalman of Kapust (Kopys), author of "Magen Avot", grandson of the Tzemach Tzedek.
At the end of one of the essays of the Tzemach Tzedek - "The Song of the Well" - there is a comment referring to the presentation of the essay by the Moharash at the beginning of his leadership: "Said by the holy mouth of… R. Shmuel son of our holy leader, may his merit protect us, on Shabbat Parashat Chukat 1866 in Dubrovna [Dubrowna]" [The Tzemach Tzedek passed away on March 29, 1866, and this comment refers to the time period that his son R. Shmuel spent travelling through towns of Chabad chassidut in June-July 1866, two months after his father's passing].
R. Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, author of Tzemach Tzedek (1789-1866), the third Chabad Rebbe, was a leading halachic and Chassidic figure in his times. He was a close disciple of his grandfather, the Admor HaZaken Ba'al HaTanya. After the death of his father-in-law and uncle, the "Middle Rebbe" R. Dovber in 1827, he established his court in the city of Lubavitch. His sons served as Rebbes of Kopys, Nizhyn, Lyady and Ovruch and his youngest son, R. Shmuel (Admor Moharash) continued the Lubavitch dynasty.
His son, R. Shmuel Schneersohn, the Rebbe Moharash (1834-1882) was the fourth Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch. He died at a young age and was succeeded by his son R. Shalom Dovber, the Rebbe Rashab (1861-1920), who founded the "Tomchei Temimim" Yeshivot and was the central Chassidic figure in Russia and White Russia during his lifetime.
[219] written leaves. Approximately 21.5 cm. Condition varies. Tears and wear. Stains and dampstains. Several detached leaves and gatherings. Torn and worn binding.