Auction 85 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Shaar HaTefillah – Sudylkiv, 1825 – First Edition
Shaar HaTefillah, on prayer, by Rebbe Chaim Thirer of Czernowitz (Chernivtsi), author of Be'er Mayim Chaim and Sidduro shel Shabbat. [Sudylkiv]: Tzvi Ze'ev Rabinstein, [1825]. First edition.
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 BiYehuda, who criticized its recital.
Stamp and ownership inscriptions on back endpaper.
[1], 102, 113-115; 3-10 leaves. Lacking leaf [2], with approbations and copyist's foreword. 21.5 cm. Greenish paper. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Wear. Extensive worming, with significant damage to text. Significant worming and open tears to title page margins, repaired with paper (leaf may have been supplied from a different copy). Minor marginal tears. Stamp and handwritten inscriptions. New binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 538.
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