Auction 61
Lot 17:
Siddur Tehilat Hashem, prayers for all year round, Ari version, edited according to the Admor’s version. Rostov-Don. Published and printed by Ezra 1918. This copy is of a later edition that was printed as a photocopy of the Rostov Siddur by Rabbi Kalmanson in Leningrad (today, St. Petersburg, Russia) in 1926. 53 leaves. Professionally restored title page. Dry paper. Tears to the edges and stains. Good overall condition, rare for such an important book. New binding.
Background: the Rostov Siddur is a Siddur of the Ari version known today as the version of the Chabad Chassidim. Was printed by the order of the Rebbe Rashab in Rostov on the Don River in 1918. At the time, many Jews escaped Russia due to the civil war there and there was a shortage of Sifrei Kodesh and Siddurim. Rabbi Zalman idel Zusslin was assigned the task and he edited the Siddur and promoted its publishing.
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