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LOT 33:
Extremely Rare! The First Edition of Siddur Torah Or "Prototype Edition" of Siddur Chabad 2 Sections - Vilna, 1886
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Sold for: $1,300 (₪4,199)
Price including buyer’s premium and sales tax:
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1,683.50 (₪5,437.71)
Calculated by rate set by auction house at the auction day
Start price:
$
500
Buyer's Premium: 25%
VAT: 18%
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Item Overview
Description:
First and foremost Chabadic Siddur! The first edition of Siddur Torah Or and Sha'arei Tefillah which was later known as Sha'ar Hakollel, edited by the grandfather of the Gaon Rabbi Avraham David Lavut, who wasted no effort in this Siddur which is based on the version of the Admor Hazaken.
Two title pages, the first with color and the inscription: "Seder Tefillah with Torah Or and Sha'arei Tefillah based on the Ari's version, Vilna the Press of the Rom Widow and Brothers in 1886". On the title page of Section I: "Seder Tefillot Mikol Hashanah based on the Ari version, founded by the Admor Rabbi Shneur Zalman author of the Shulchan Aruch and Tanya".
First and rare ediiton of the Torah Or Siddur, Ari version, based on the Tikkun of the Admor Hazaken and which was determined by Rabboteinu Nessi'einu as the Chabad Siddur to this day. This edition is extremely rare and only few copies are known of it. In the National Library of Jerusalem, only section II of the Siddur exists whereas the first section is almost nonexistent.
The famed bibliographer Rabbi Yitzchak Yudlov writes about this editon (HaSiddur p. 309): "The first edition of Siddur Torah or edited by Rabbi Avraham David Lavut, from 1886, is not in the National Library and the Shoken Library and even in the Chabad Library in New York there is no complete copy of this important Siddur".
Rabboteinu Nessi'einu, beginning with the Rashab, used to praise this Siddur. The Rebbe the Rashab wrote in a letter to Rabbi Lavut that he enjoyed the Siddur which contains the true version (Nusach) of Admor Hazaken. The Rebbe the Rayatz in a letter to the 1941 edition of the Siddur worte about its importance, asking to use this edition of Siddur for prayer. The Rebbe writes in his Igrot Kodesh (VI p. 320): "Siddur Sha'ar Hakollel which is the most precise...". The Chabadic scholar Rabbi Yehoshua Mondshine also writes (ibid. p. 73) that this Siddur is considered the most precise one we have.
