Tephilah Zakah…Seder Nehora Hashalem. Nusach Ashkenaz. Edited by R. Yechiel Michel Segal of Michailishok.

(LITURGY).

Menachem Mann-Simcha Zeimel

Vilna

1823

Third Edition. With new additions (marked in the table of contents with an asterisk). Two parts with two titles bound in one volume. Printed on green tinted paper.

Vinograd Vilna 177; Vinograd Gr”a 476; Kiryath Sepher Vol. 9 pp. 236-39 and 525-28 and Vol. 10 pp. 250-51; H. Liberman, Ohel Rachel Vol. I p. 366-68.

RARE. JNUL COPY INCOMPLETE. This copy has 11 more leaves than called for by Vinograd. This commentary was especially popular among Chassidim. It contains many Kabbalistic references and is written in a passionate Chassidic style. The Siddur Nehora Hashalem was published both in Nusach Ashkenaz and Nusach Sephard issues. The present copy contains a section entitled “Hagahoth BeNuschei HaTefilah VeHaBrachoth MeHaGaon R”E (=Rabbeinu Eliyahu) Zal” - the Vilna Gaon. It is interesting that a Siddur with a commentary revered by Chassidim also seeks to include the Nusach of the Gaon. According to Vinograd, these Hagahoth predate the first edition of Maaseh Rav and are taken from the Shulchan Aruch (Shklov, 1803). One of the interesting differences between the Gr’a and the Baal HaTanya is the pronunciation in Kedusha DeSidra (Uva LeTzion) of the word “Unetalathni” (according to the Gr’a) or “Unetaltani” (according to the Siddur of the Baal HaTanya and followed by most Chassidic siddurim). The Vilna Gaon’s opinion is cited both in the section entitled Hagahoth BeNuschei HaTefilah VeHaBrachoth MeHaGaon R”E Zal and again on f. 73. There is a difference of opinion among bibliographers whether R. Yechiel Michel Segal of Michailishok was the editor, or his son R. Aharon. This Siddur is an interesting anomaly - revered by Chassidim yet democratic enough to cite the Gr’a!