Auction 27 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters

Siddur Tefillah Yeshara V'Keter Nehora – Przemysl, 1929 – Copy of the Rebbe of Nadvorna-Arad

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Seder Tefillah Yeshara V'Keter Nehora HaShalem – siddur nusach HaAri "as printed in Berdichev", with the “Keter Nehora” commentary by Rabbi Aharon ben Rabbi Zvi Hirsh of Apta. Laws and customs as printed in the Radville siddur, booklet ‘Netiv Mitzvotecha’, and more additions. Przemysl, 1929. With sefer Tehillim. Przemysl, 1927.
Copy of Rebbe Levi Yitzchak Leifer of Nadvorna-Arad-Haifa. Many notations and scribbles on first leaves. Long dedication on title page: "This siddur belongs to this rabbi… famous holy tzaddik… Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Leifer Arad ben… Rabbi Yechiel Leifer…these are the words of the son of his brother-in-law Meir Weisblum of Borsa…here in Arad…". On the same page, the Rebbe added in his own handwriting the dates of the yahrtzheits of his mother and brothers murdered in the Holocaust: "The yahrtzheit of my holy mother… and my holy brother Rabbi Binyamin… and my holy brother Yissachar…". At the end of the book is a similar dedication by Rabbi Meir Weisblum, and a list of names of people needing salvation in the Rebbe's handwriting.
Rebbe Levi Yitzchak Leifer of Nadvorna-Arad (1895-1961, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut Vol. 3, page 25), son of Rebbe Yechiel of Michalovce, another son of Rabbi Meir HaGadol of Premishlan. Son-in-law of Rabbi Meir Weisblum Rabbi of Nadvorna (Lizhensk dynasty). Most of his family was murdered during the Holocaust, only he and his brother Rabbi Aharon Aryeh of Temesvár survived. Settled in Haifa where he established his Chassidic court and served as rebbe.
[6], 3-6, [3], 18, 3-232, [12]; 40; 20 leaves (without second approbation leaf). 22 cm. Good condition. Stains, several tears, minor moth traces. Notations. Worn binding.
Signatures and Dedications
Signatures and Dedications