Siddur HaShalom [prayers for the entire year]. Arranged by Solomon Schlieffer.

AUCTION 13 | Tuesday, June 26th, 2001 at 1:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts Together With Fine Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 384

(RUSSIA)

Siddur HaShalom [prayers for the entire year]. Arranged by Solomon Schlieffer.

Hebrew and Russian titles. Includes calendrical information for the years 1956-60 on pp.226-7, Kaddish transliterated into Russian at end. pp.479,(1). Scattered stains. Original grey-green boards, rubbed. 4to Shmeruk 186

Moscow: for the Moscow Jewish Religious Society 1956

Est: $120 - $180

PRICE REALIZED $350

An historically significant prayer-book, the first printed in the Soviet Union. Produced at a time of relative thaw, following the death of Joseph Stalin three years earlier. Indicative of the forced political circumstances under which the prayer-book was produced are rabbinic sources celebrating the desire for peace, also, the censored version of the prayer “Al Hanissim” in which the expression “Ve’al Hamilchamoth” is removed. Striking, are the Hebrew prayers for the welfare of the USSR on pp.230-31.