Auction 94 Part 2 Rare and Important Items

Siddur Nehora HaShalem – Vilna and Horodna, 1827 – Corrections to the Prayer Texts and Blessings by the Gaon of Vilna

Opening: $3,000
Estimate: $6,000 - $12,000
Sold for: $12,500
Including buyer's premium

Siddur Nehora HaShalem, year-round prayers, laws and customs, with corrections to the prayer texts and blessings by the Gaon of Vilna. Vilna and Horodna: R. Menachem Mann son of R. Baruch and R. Simcha Zissel son of R. Menachem Nachum, 1827. Fourth edition.
Two title pages. Heading on leaf [5]: "Corrections to the texts of the prayers and blessings by Rabbenu Eliyahu".
The Nehora HaShalem siddur is a prominent siddur, comprising commentaries, selections and kavanot, with essays on the importance of prayer and more. The authors and compilers are R. Yechiel Michel son of R. Akatriel HaLevy and his son R. Aharon HaLevy of Mikhalishok. The siddur was widely accepted, and received approbations by prominent Torah leaders, including Chassidic leaders. It was therefore printed in several places, including Berditchev and Slavita. The editor, R. Aharon HaLevy, later sold the rights to this siddur to the printer R. Menachem Mann son of R. Baruch of Vilna (see the sale contract printed in the Avodat HaLev edition of Siddur Nehora, Vilna and Horodna, 1819).
This edition was proofread by R. Tzemach Segal Landau of Vilna, who added his commentary Iyun Tefillah. The siddur includes many additions, including: Tikkunei Shabbat, Passover Haggadah with commentaries, and the priestly blessing (on final two leaves).


[21], 2-315, 9, [3] leaves. 17.5 cm. Mostly printed on fine, light-colored greenish paper. Good condition. Stains, including large dark stains to some leaves. New leather binding (incorporating parts of original leather binding).


Rivkind maintains that the siddur was printed in Aziory, a town near Horodna, where the press of the partners from Vilna and Horodna operated for some time. Yaari however rejects his claim. See: Y. Rivkind, Regarding the Aziory Printing Press, Kiryat Sefer, IX, 1932-1933, pp. 523-526; Ch. Lieberman, Regarding the Tefillat Nehora HaShalem Siddur, Ohel Rachel, I, New York, 1980, p. 366-368; A. Yaari, HaDfus HaIvri BeBerditchev, Kiryat Sefer, XXI, 1944-1945, p. 109; Y. Yudlov, HaDfus HaIvri BeOstroh – Additions and Corrections, Alei Sefer, III, 1977, p. 131.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 478. This edition is not listed in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book.
Provenance: Collection of Yeshaya Vinograd, Jerusalem. The present siddur is among the few extant copies of the 1827 edition, it was offered at Kedem, auction 76, Books of the Gaon of Vilna and His Disciples, item no. 155.

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