Auction 24 Tiferet 24 - Rare and Special Items
By Tiferet Auctions
Mar 17, 2021
Shenhav Building, Beit Hadfus st , Jerusalem, Israel

A special auction of rare items:

First editions of Hassidic Sefarim, Slavita-Zhitomir, letters by Tzaddikim and the greatest Hassidic Rabbis, the Geonim of Ashkenaz and Hungary, the greatest Rabbis of Lithuania, the greatest Poskim of previous generations, pedigreed copies, artifacts of renowned Tzaddikim, Satmar, Chabad and more.  

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LOT 84:

The personal Siddur of the Holy Rav Rabbi Elazar Menachem Mendel of Lelov, from which he prayed and conducted ...

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17/03/2021 at Tiferet Auctions

The personal Siddur of the Holy Rav Rabbi Elazar Menachem Mendel of Lelov, from which he prayed and conducted his sublime Avodah. For all times of the year, the Kabbalistic Siddur 'Rav Amram Gaon' . 2 sections with his holy stamps. 


On the special and awe-inspiring Siddur, traces of drops of wine and tears. Thus on the Passover Haggadah while drinking the four glasses of wine and Birkas HaMazon, Siddur Kiddushin, Kerias Shema al HaMitah, Kiddush Levana and more. Tears he shed on the holy Siddur wduring his famed prayers, which broke through Heaven and which many Tzaddikim greatly praised. 

Significant traces of his tears on many prayers and especially the prayers on the Holy Day, the prayers of Rosh HaShana and many more. 

A name for prayer on the title page and two holy stamps on the title page and inside the Sefer.


Well-known is the awe-inspiring story when the pious daughter of Rabbi Elazar Mendel came to Galicia, she met with the daughter of the Holy Rav of Sanz and told her that she recalls once hearing her holy father saying to himself: מיר זענען דאך אין הומעל, האבן מיר גיזעהן אז דעם שענסטן סדר אפגירעכט רבי אלעזר מענדל מירושלים [We in Heaven have seen and realized that the 'nicest' Seder was conducted by Rabbi Elazar Mendel of Jerusalem]. Before us is the Passover haggadah with the traces of his Holy Avodah. 


The Holy Rav Maran the Tzaddik Rabbi Elazar Menachem Mendel of Lelov [1827-1883] the son of the Holy Rav Rabbi Moshe of Lelov and the son of the daughter of the Holy Rav HaYehudi HaKaddosh MiPshischa, a sublime Tzaddik and miracle-worker who was famed for his prayers and Avodas Hashem. 


Siddur Rav Amram Gaon of the holy Rav Rabbi Elazar Mendel of Lelob. Was printed in Warsaw, 1865, with the approbation of the Rav of Warsaw Rabbi Dov Berish and the approbations of the Geonim of Jerusalem, the Imrei Binah, Rabbi Avraham Ferrara, Rabbi Chaim David Chazan, Rabbi Moshe Pardo and Rabbi Avraham Ashkenazi. This Siddur, which was published in Jerusalem and printed in Warsaw, eighteen years before his wonderous passing on the 16th of Adar. 


[3], 55, [1], 59 leaves. 22 cm. Moth holes, wine stains, traces of tears. Aging stains. original binding. Good-very good condition.  

  

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