"Order of prayers according to the Arizal Nusach". Two parts: Part I – Shacharit LeChol, Seder Seudah UVerachot, Seder Irusin VeKiddushin, Seder Milah, Tikun Chatzot; Part II – prayers for Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh and festivals, accompanied by Chassidic homilies and various rulings, by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the Baal HaTanya and Shulchan Aruch. [Königsberg: Adolf Zomter, 1852]. The word "Berditchev" is featured on title page.
Third edition of "Siddur im Dach" ("Divrei Elohim Chayim"). The text of the Siddur, the rulings and the two Chassidic essays (HaKol Kol Yaakov and He'ara LeTikkun Chatzot) were compiled and composed by the Baal HaTanya. The other Chassidic discourses (commentaries to the prayers) were delivered by the Baal HaTanya and recorded by his son R. Dov Ber, the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch. This siddur is known amongst Chabad Chassidim as Siddur im Dach (Divrei Elokim Chaim – words of the Living G-d).

Handwritten dedication on wrapper of part II.
Two parts in two volumes. * Vo. I: 186 ff. Some pages bound out of sequence. * Vo.l II: 180 ff. With yellow wrapper. Approx. 22 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dark stains. Wear. Open tears, some restored with paper. Stamps and ownership inscriptions. New, matching leather binding.

Jewish Printing Presses in Prussia
A copy of the present Siddur, found in the library of Chabad Lubavitch, contains an additional title page, indicating the place of publication and printer – Königsberg, A. Zomter (see: Levin, "MiBeit HaGenazim, p. 196-197 [Hebrew]). Secretary of Rebbe Rayatz, the bibliographer R. Chayim Lieberman, described the circumstances that led to the printing of Hebrew books in the Kingdom of Prussia, intended for Russian Jewry:
"During that period – following the Printer's Decree of 1836 [which forbade the printing of Hebrew books in all territories of the Russian Empire, except for the city of Vilna] – Hebrew printing presses were established in the state of Prussia, in cities bordering with the Russian state of Lithuania, such as: Königsberg, Johannisburg, Memel, and Danzig. Initially, these printing presses were not intended to serve German Jewry, but the Jews of Russia. Books which the printers intended to legally export to Russia, i.e., through customs, censorship, etc., were printed with regular title pages, bearing the printer's name, and correct place and date of publication. However, for different reasons, some books were printed in order to be smuggled into Russia; these books were printed without indication of the place of publication, the name of the printer or the date of publication; often, a fake, much earlier, date of publication was indicated, so that if the books will happen to be seized by the authorities, one will be able to argue that these are old books, printed many years before, in an unknown place." (Hebrew)
The imprint of the present copy, printed in Prussia for the benefit of Russian Jews, does not include the name of its publisher, and the title page features a fake place of publication (Berditchev), alongside an earlier year of publication (1831).
Oberlaender, HaSiddur, 11, p. 317.
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