Auction 67 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Siddur Or MiTzion - Jerusalem, 1977 - Siddur Used by Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky
Opening: $2,000
Sold for: $3,750
Including buyer's premium
Siddur Or MiTzion, Ashkenazi rite. Jerusalem: Levin-Epstein, 1977.
On the front endpaper, ownership inscription and address handwritten by R. Chaim Kanievsky: "B.S.D., Kanievsky, Rashbam 23".
The Steipler and his son R. Chaim were particular to pray from Or MiTzion siddurim, which follow the Ashkenazi rite of Poland-Lithuania, without any changes or innovations. Orchot Rabbenu HaKehilot Yaakov (I, p. 348) reports: "My teacher (R. Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky - the Steipler, father of R. Chaim)… would pray all the years only from siddurim published by Levin-Epstein or Eshkol… even though the Names were written with two Yuds…".
[1], 111 leaves. 20 cm. Good condition. Usage stains and light wear. Small dampstains to final leaves. Original binding.
On the front endpaper, ownership inscription and address handwritten by R. Chaim Kanievsky: "B.S.D., Kanievsky, Rashbam 23".
The Steipler and his son R. Chaim were particular to pray from Or MiTzion siddurim, which follow the Ashkenazi rite of Poland-Lithuania, without any changes or innovations. Orchot Rabbenu HaKehilot Yaakov (I, p. 348) reports: "My teacher (R. Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky - the Steipler, father of R. Chaim)… would pray all the years only from siddurim published by Levin-Epstein or Eshkol… even though the Names were written with two Yuds…".
[1], 111 leaves. 20 cm. Good condition. Usage stains and light wear. Small dampstains to final leaves. Original binding.
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