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

(LITURGY).

Samuel HaLevi Zuckerman

Jerusalem

1893-95

Hebrew, with Ladino. Complete in six volumes.

Yaari, Buchari 23.

The first prayer-book printed for the benefit of the Jews of Bukharia. “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” (Preface). Born in the city of Bukhara, Shlomo Moussaieff (1852-1922) was a learned Rabbi, as well as a merchant engaged the tea trade, banking and real estate. 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).