Siddur Chukath Olam. According to the mystical rites of Isaac Luria. Sephardic custom (Nusach Ari). Published by Shlomo Moussaieff.

AUCTION 58 | Thursday, May 02nd, 2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters

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Lot 220
(LITURGY).

Siddur Chukath Olam. According to the mystical rites of Isaac Luria. Sephardic custom (Nusach Ari). Published by Shlomo Moussaieff.

Hebrew, with Ladino. Complete in six volumes. Mixed set. Vols. I-II fine and bound in modern calf, vols. III-VI variously worn, leaves loose and bound in contemporary boards, rubbed. Sm. 8vo. Yaari, Buchari 23.

Jerusalem: Samuel HaLevi Zuckerman 1893-95

Est: $1,200 - $1,800
PRICE REALIZED $1,300
<<The first prayer-book printed for the benefit of the Jews of Bukharia.>> Yaari quotes from the preface: “I, Shlomo Moussaieff…have travelled from Jerusalem to Bukharia three times [for which] I must thank God… If the Temple were to have still been standing I would bring a thanksgiving offering … instead I have published this Siddur.” Born in the city of Bukhara, Shlomo Moussaieff (1852-1922) was a learned Rabbi, as well as a merchant engaged in banking, real estate and the tea trade. Motivated by religious conviction, he relocated to the Land of Israel in 1893 and was the founder of the Bukharian Quarter of Jerusalem. Today the territory of the defunct Bukharian emirate lies mostly in Uzbekistan, with portions in Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. << “This is the first Siddur created amidst the holy air of the Land of Israel.”>> (Preface).