Volume with 2 rare siddurim:
1. Siddur Safa Brurah (HaChadash), “including prayers for the whole year following the Ari’s minhag…”, printed in Odessa (no year noted on the title page).
This siddur is extremely rare and does not appear in bibliographic databases or catalogues in various libraries. The approbations feature the date 1901 but it appears that this was published after 1910 (based on a similar siddur found only in the Rare Books collection of the National Library but which is nusach Ashkenaz).
One printed approbation was given previously to a siddur following its old format, by the brother of the Admor HaZaken, the gaon Rabbi Yehuda Leib, Av Beit Din of Yonevitch, the She’erit Yehuda. The back of the title page has additional approbations from the gaon Rabbi Chaim Berlin and more. 188 leaves (with errors in pagination in a number of places). It seems that one leaf of the approbations is missing, otherwise a complete copy—not checked thoroughly for omissions. Many signs of use, wine stains in the Pesach Haggadah section, many stains, tape with missing text throughout the book and on the title page, tears, overall fair condition.
2. Siddur Torah Or and Shaarei Tefila (part 2), “including all matters not printed in the first siddur printed during the lifetime of the Admor HaZaken.” First edition of this section of the siddur, printed by the Ram widow and brothers in Vilna 1886.
This siddur is extremely rare, it does not appear in bibliographic databases or catalogues in various libraries except for the Chabad Lubavitch Library in New York. Other libraries only have later editions. 40, 15, 21, 75 leaves. Missing 2 leaves from the end, including Shaarei Ephraim. Stains, signs of use, overall good condition for this section.
Antique, primitive cloth binding, leather plaque in the center with an engraving: “Siddur”.
The back of the binding has a handwritten note: “belongs to Rabbi Mordechai Guraryeh of Kremenzug.”
