Divrei Tzaddikim, The Book of Daily Prayers, containing year-round prayers according to the Ashkenazic and Poland customs. Proofread and translated by Isaac Leeser (Yitzchak son of Uri Ben Elazar). Philadelphia: Conger Sherman, 1848. First edition.
First Ashkenazic siddur printed in the American continent. Hebrew and English on facing pages, with corresponding numbering.
Fine copy, bound in original elegant leather bindings, with gilt decorations.
On front endpaper and additional leaf printed next to it – inscriptions on births, marriages and deaths, with texts of gravestones in English and Hebrew, dating to the second half of the 19th century, of the Hass family (of Hartford, Connecticut).

VIII, 242, 243, [1] pages. 23 cm. Gilt edges. Good condition. Stains. Original leather binding with gilt decorations. Damage to binding (repairs to edges of spine).

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Tefillah LeMoshe siddur, year-round prayers according to the Sephardic-Chassidic rite, with the kabbalistic Tefillah LeMoshe commentary by R. Moshe Cordovero (the Ramak). Includes Or HaYashar – ethical and Chassidic conduct according to kabbalah, by R. Meir Poppers. Przemyśl: Zupnik, Knoller and Hammerschmidt, 1892. First edition. Both parts in one volume.
Does not contain Derech HaChaim by R. Yaakov of Lissa, originally printed at the end of Part II with a divisional title page.
The present book contains 19 approbations from the leading Chassidic masters of the time, including Rebbe Yehoshua of Belz, Rebbe Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam of Shinova, Rebbe Shlomo Halberstam of Bobov and Rebbe Baruch Hager of Vizhnitz, extolling the virtues of this siddur and assuring that it will bring blessing into the home. Rebbe Uri of Sambor writes: "Whoever purchases this holy siddur will be blessed with sons, life and abundant sustenance, and it will serve as a protection in his home".

[5], 24, [1], 2-193, [4], 194-208, 210-286 leaves; [2], 289-432 leaves; 8 leaves. Leaves 180-184 misordered (including printing defects and misplacing of columns). Lacking 4 leaves ([3] leaves after title page with publisher's preface, and title page and introduction to Or HaYashar, and leaf 209 in the middle of the book). Does not contain Derech HaChaim HaShalem, which had been printed with a divisional title page at the end of Part II (4, [1], 5-48, [3] leaves). 22.5 cm. Dark paper, dry and brittle. Fair condition. Stains. Wear. Many tears, including open tears, affecting title frame and text, partially repaired with paper and tape strips. Last leaf detached. Stamps. New binding.

[4] leaves with Shir HaShirim, bound in the present copy between leaves 193-194, are not listed in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book nor in the NLI catalogue (though they do appear in the Chabad Library copy digitized on HebrewBooks.org).


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Passover Haggadah, in Hebrew and Italian, with Tzli Esh Commentary and illustrations. Venice: Alvise Bragadin, [1716].
Translation and explanations in Haggadah printed in Judeo-Italian.
All pages appear in fine decorated frame with many woodcut illustrations. This Haggadah was also printed in Yiddish and Ladino editions.

[26] leaves. Approx. 34 cm. Fair condition. Stains (many stains to several leaves). Tears, including many marginal open tears, affecting text, illustrations and frames of leaves, repaired with paper filling. Worming, affecting text and illustrations (heavy worming in several places), repaired with paper filling. Original leather binding. Wear and worming to binding (upper part of spine repaired).

Otzar HaHaggadot 131.

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Passover Haggadah, with Judeo-Italian commentary and illustrations. Venice: Bragadin, 1758.
Published in tandem with two other editions with a Ladino commentary.

36 leaves. 23.5 cm. Fair condition. Many dark stains. Very heavy stains to several leaves. Tears and open tears to margins of all leaves and elsewhere, affecting text and illustrations, repaired with paper filling. Elaborate new leather binding.

Otzar HaHaggadot 222.

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Haggadah LeLeil Shimurim, with Yiddish instructions and illustrations, accurate edition by R. Wolf Heidenheim. Pressburg: Anton Schmid, 1834.
Pocket edition.
With [5] folding illustrated plates.

60 leaves, [5] illustrated plates. Width greater than length. Approx. 12x9 cm. Overall good condition. Stains, including dark food stains. Light worming to margins of several leaves. New binding.

Otzar HaHaggadot 737.

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