Sidur Hagr”a, First Print – Yerushalayim 1895
Prayer book according to Ashkenazi custom, arranged based on the writings and practices of the Gaon of Vilna, edited by the righteous Kabbalist Rabbi Naftali Hertz HaLevi, Chief Rabbi of Jaffa.
Two parts with separate title pages:
Part 1: Shacharit (morning) prayer for weekdays
Part 2: Prayers for Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh, and the order of Kriat Shema before bed.
The prayer book is accompanied by a commentary "in the revealed and hidden" from manuscripts and books from the teachings of the Gra (Gaon of Vilna).
The first ‘Siddur HaGra’ (Prayer book of the Gaon of Vilna) ever printed!
This is one of the most important Ashkenazi prayer books printed in recent generations, in its first edition.
The Gra’s opinion as printed here is frequently cited by all those who study the Gra’s teachings.
Jerusalem: 1895-1898, First Edition. Page count: Part 1: [5], 164 leaves. Part 2: [1], 160 leaves.
At the beginning of the prayer book is an important approbation from our Rabbi Moshe Yehoshua Leib Diskin of Brisk.
Condition: Good. Some stains. Tears on the edges of the title page of Part 2. Pages 47-48 are bound twice. Original binding with leather spine and corners.
Bibliography: Stefansky, Sifrei Yesod, p. 113 in additions; Otzar Sifrei HaGra, No. 480
