Auction 53

Second edition of the Siddur Torah Or by Rabbi Avraham David Lawat. Vilna 1889.

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Siddur Torah Or and Shaarei Tefillah, a prayerbook for all year based on the nusach Ari “as done by Rabbeinu HaKadosh the Admor of Liady Baal HaTanya and the Shulchan Aruch [HaRav]”, edited by Rabbi Avraham David Lawat, Vilna 1889.


Siddur Torah Or, the work of Rabbi Avraham David Lawat, Rabbi of Nikolaev and great-grandfather of the Rebbe of Lubavitch. Two sections with separate title pages, the first has the siddur Baal HaTanya with notes of the Tzemach Tzedek as printed in the first editions with the addition of Torah Or, sources for verses from Tanach included in the siddur. Second section has various prayers which did not appear in the first siddurim, with the work Shaarei Tefilah, as well as details and sources of laws from the Admor HaZaken.

The second printing of this siddur is rare. 378, 56, 120, 146, [8] pages. Light wear to the title page, good condition.