Seder Tephiloth mikol Hashanah

AUCTION 80 | Thursday, March 28th, 2019 at 1:00 PM
The Valmadonna Trust Library: Further Selections from the Historic Collection. * Hebrew Printing in America. * Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 61
(LITURGY)

Seder Tephiloth mikol Hashanah

[prayers for week, Sabbath and Festivals, Marriage, Milah, Tikun Chatzoth, etc.] According to the custom of the Ari, R. Yitzchak Luria. Edited and prepared by the Alter Rebbe, <<R. Shneur Zalman of Liadi>>. Includes a Hagadah for Passover. <<FIRST EDITION>> of additional Chassidic material on prayer not included in previous editions. Complete in two volumes. Partially printed on green tinted paper. Occasional marginal notations. Despite a few imperfections, <<a fine copy.>> Vol. I: ff. (3), 6-169. Final page with manuscript note stating that the purpose of Aliyah Laregel is to emphasis the importance of Ahavath Yisroel. Vol. II: ff. 162. Some staining, few leaves with expert paper repairs. Modern gilt-tooled royal-blue morocco; housed in solander-box. 4to. Vinograd, Berditchev 76; Habermann, Sha’arei Chabad 138; A. Yaari, HaDefus Ha’Ivri Be’Berditchev, in: Kiryath Sepher, Vol. XXI, p. 114, no. 26; Y. Yudlov in "HaSiddur" (edited by G. Oberlander and N. Greenwald) p. 315; Stefansky, Chassiduth 410.

Berditchev: Samuel ben Issacher Ber Segal 1818

Est: $50,000 - $60,000
PRICE REALIZED $45,000
<<A Fundamentally Important Chassidic Siddur. A Rare Complete Copy.>> The prayer rites of R. Isaac of Luria (Nusach Ha’Ari) was by and large adopted by the Chassidic world very early in its development. Although each individual worshipper is obligated to follow the customs of his own family (corresponding to one of twelve gates that lead towards Heaven), Chassidic Rebbes championed the Nusach Ha’Ari as a thirteenth, all-inclusive gate (Sha’ar HaKollel), and thus can be utilized by all - regardless of past variant family practices. R. Shneur Zalman of Liadi (1745-1813) was deeply committed to the promulgation of the Nusach Ha’Ari to his followers. The present edition was published with the sanction and approval of the second Lubavitcher Rebbe - the Mittler Rebbe, by his son R. Menachem Nachum and his son-in-law R. Yekuthiel Zalman. The title states: "We have added ten "boygen" (gatherings)…on Prayer [from the writings of the Alter Rebbe] not included in previous editions." This specific version of the Nusach Ari Siddur is known within Chabad circles as the “Siddur im DA’Ch” - DA’Ch serving as an acronym for Divrei Elokim Chaim, (“Words of the Living God.”) The Siddur contains lengthy Chassidic discourses and Kavanoth (meditations) not found in other such versions. Such a Siddur was used primarily by ultra-pious Chabad “Ovdim,” individuals who would pray with intense contemplation for a great many hours at a time. While the first edition of the Siddur im DA’Ch was issued two years prior in Kopust <<this rare Berditchev edition contains much additional, important material.>>