Shaar HaTefillah, on prayer, by R. Chaim Thirer, Rabbi of Czernowitz (Chernivtsi), author of Be'er Mayim Chaim and Sidduro Shel Shabbat. Sudylkiv: Eliezer son of Mordechai Bilitch, [1825]. First edition.
The Shomer Emunim writes that Shaar HaTefillah was written in the Holy Land with such awesome enthusiasm that sometimes the author was unable to write and merely dictated to his attendant. When he dictated a certain paragraph at the tomb of R. Shimon ben Yochai in Meron, the attendant saw him flying around in the air.
Printed here for the first time is the author's well-known responsum regarding the recitation of "Leshem Yichud", in which he rebuts the opinion of the Noda BiYehudah who criticized its recital.

R. Chaim Thirer of Czernowitz (ca. 1740s – ca. 1813) was a Chassidic master, a disciple of the Maggid of Zlotchov, and served as Rabbi of Mohyliv-Podilskyi, Botoşani, Kishinev (Chișinău) and Czernowitz (Chernivtsi).

He was reputed as a holy man, and wondrous tales about him abound. A Chassidic legend tells that after he immersed himself before Shabbat, his appearance would change and his height would increase by a handsbreadth. Near the end of his life, he immigrated to Eretz Israel and settled in Safed in 1813, where he composed Shaar HaTefillah and was later buried. His classic works Sidduro Shel Shabbat, Be'er Mayim Chaim and Shaar HaTefillah are unique for their clarity and conviction, as well as the enthusiastic Chassidic emotion which they exude. His books have been printed in many editions, and they are Chassidic classics.

10, 102, 113-115 leaves. 21.5 cm. Bluish paper. Fair condition. Stains. Worming in many places, mostly to inner margins of leaves, affecting text. Small marginal tears to several leaves. Stamps. New leather binding.

This book was printed in Sudylkiv. Although "Mohyliv" deceptively appears in large font, the smaller font before "Mohyliv" states that the book was printed in Sudylkiv by Eliezer son of Mordechai Bilitch, "directed and proofread by R. Tzvi Ze'ev son of R. David Rubenstein who was a printer in Mohyliv" (see: A. Yaari, "The Hebrew Press in Mohyliv on the Dniester", Kiryat Sefer, 23, p. 312 [Hebrew]).