Tefillah LeMoshe Siddur (Ramak) – First Edition – Premishla, 1892 – Copy of Rabbi Yehudah Lichtenstein, Rabbi of ...

Tefillah LeMoshe Siddur (Ramak) – First Edition – Premishla, 1892 – Copy of Rabbi Yehudah Lichtenstein, Rabbi of Beclean – Segulah Book – "Whoever Takes this Holy Siddur Will be Blessed with Sons, Life and Abundant Sustenance, and it will Serve as a Protection in his Home"

Tefillah LeMoshe siddur, year-round prayers according to the Sephardic-Chassidic rite, with the kabbalistic Tefillah LeMoshe commentary by R. Moshe Cordovero (the Ramak). Includes Or HaYashar – ethical and Chassidic conduct according to kabbalah, by R. Meir Poppers, and Derech HaChaim on the laws of prayer by R. Yaakov of Lissa. Premishla (Przemyśl): Zupnik, Knoller and Hammerschmidt, 1892. First edition. Two parts in one volume.

Copy of R. Yehudah Lichtenstein, Rabbi of Beclean, with his stamps in Hebrew and Latin script: "Yehudah Lichtenstein – Rabbi of Bethlen and the region – Beclean".
This Siddur was later handed down to another family member, who writes that he received it as a wedding gift from his brother-in-law R. Moshe Aryeh Gottesman who had received it from the writer's father. On the back endpaper are records of births.

R. Yehudah Lichtenstein (1855-1921), son and successor of R. Yaakov Koppel Lichtenstein Rabbi of Beclean (brother of R. Hillel Lichtenstein, Rabbi of Kolomyia), served as Rabbi of Beclean and headed an important yeshiva that at times numbered over a hundred students.

The present book contains 19 approbations from the leading Chassidic masters of the time, including Rebbe Yehoshua of Belz, Rebbe Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam of Shinova, Rebbe Shlomo Halberstam of Bobov and Rebbe Baruch Hager of Vizhnitz, extolling the virtues of this siddur and assuring that it will bring blessing into the home. Rebbe Uri of Sambor writes: "Whoever purchases the holy siddur will be blessed with sons, life and abundant sustenance, and it will serve as a protection for his home".

[6]; [3], 2-24; [1], 2-189, [4], 190-286 leaves; [2], 289-432 leaves; 8 leaves; 4, [1], 5-48, [3] leaves. 22.5 cm. Dark, dry paper. Overall fair condition. Stains, including dark stains and wear. Tears, including open tears, affecting large portions of text on six leaves: first title page, leaf [2] (repaired with paper filling and text replacement), and several leaves in the book. Original leather binding, with new spine.

[4] leaves with Shir HaShirim, bound in the present copy between leaves 189-190, are not listed in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book nor in the National Library of Israel (though they do appear in the Chabad Library copy digitized on HebrewBooks).

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