Auction 57

Two books of commentary on prayer: Lechem Rav/Siddur HaRashban. First editions, Vienna/Kleinvardin, 1894-1921.

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1. Siddur Rashban, “a new commentary organized according to the page numbers of the complete Siddur Derech Chaim and Nehora…printed in Vienna [sections 1-3, 1886] and shows…the source of every prayer from the beginning to the end of the year, so that the person praying will know who established the prayer, when, and what its source is in Shas Bavli and Yerushalmi, midrashim and sifrei rishonim and achronim, as well as the source of the Haggadah in Leil Pesach and all the yotzrot and piyyutim for every Shabbos, and in the same chapter the prayer will also find the taam and source for every minhag…from Rabbi Shlomo Zvi Schick of Karcag.” First edition, Vienna 1894. [2], 26; [1], 27-44 leaves. Separate title page for the second section. Old cloth binding with a few defects. Dry, brittle paper. Stains, overall good condition. Signature of ownership on the title page.


2. Sefer Lechem Rav on the prayerbook, “Aggadah, innovative commentaries and exegeses, from sofrim and others…created by…Moshe called Moses ben HaGaon Gershon Segal Litsch-Rosenbaum, Avdak of Kleinvardin. First edition, 1921. Approbations from Hungarian rabbis. [4], 177 leaves. Stains and minor defects, overall good condition. The blank binding leaf has a dedication from a Jew from Nitra to his brother from 1933.