Lot 159
Siddur HaGra – Three Editions
Three editions of Siddur HaGra:
1. Siddur HaGra BeNigleh UbeNistar, with Maaseh Rav and selected laws from the Gaon of Vilna, and with kabbalistic commentaries and kavanot from a manuscript siddur of the Gaon of Vilna, compiled by the kabbalist R. Naftali Hertz HaLevi Rabbi of Jaffa. Jerusalem: R. Y.N. Levy, [1895]. Part I (Part II was published in 1898. See item no. 157).
A leaf with a printed dedication was pasted on verso of the title page: "This siddur of the Gaon Rabbenu Eliyahu of Vilna which was published now, is dedicated and presented to the philanthropist… proceeds go to the building of the holy yeshiva of Me'ah She'arim…". With stamps of R. Shaul Chaim HaLevi Horowitz Rabbi of Dubrovna and the Me'ah She'arim Yeshiva.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 480.
2. Siddur HaGra BeNigleh UbeNistar, Parts I and II, with Maaseh Rav and selected laws from the Gaon of Vilna, and with kabbalistic commentaries and kavanot from a manuscript siddur of the Gaon of Vilna, compiled by the kabbalist R. Naftali Hertz HaLevi Rabbi of Jaffa. New York, 1953. Photocopy edition of the Jerusalem 1895-1898 edition.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 481.
3. Siddur Avodat Yisrael, including year-round prayers, with Derech Yeshara by R. Aryeh Leib Gordon, published by R. Eliyahu Landau descendant of the Gaon of Vilna. Jerusalem, [ca. 1905]. On the last page: "List of Shir shel Yom according to the Gaon of Vilna". Lacking two leaves in the middle.
3 books. Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
