Chassidus · R' Schneur Zalman of Liadi (the Alter Rebbe) · 18th c. · Slavita · Printed Book · Chassidic · First Edition · Foundational · Chabad

ספר ליקוטי אמרים — תניא, מהדורה ראשונה, סלאוויטא תקנ״ו

Likutei Amarim — Tanya, first edition (Slavita, 1796)

Slavita, 1796 · The National Library of Israel

The first edition of Likutei Amarim — better known as the Tanya — printed in Slavita in 1796 by the press of Dov Ber ben Yisrael and Dov Ber ben Pesach. The book contains the Sefer shel Beinonim ("Book of the Intermediate Ones") and Chinuch Katan, with later editions adding Iggeret HaTeshuvah and Iggeret HaKodesh. Composed by R' Schneur Zalman of Liadi (the Alter Rebbe, 1745–1812) and printed without his name on the title page, it became the foundational text of Chabad Hasidism — its theology, its avodah, and its method of self-work. This first edition was completely unaffected by the censorship that altered every subsequent printing.