Bidspirit auction | SIDUR HASHALOM. MOSCOW 1956. PUBLISHED

SIDUR HASHALOM. MOSCOW 1956. PUBLISHED UNDER SOVIET COMMUNIST REGIME. This unique Siddur was published under the Soviet communist regime to support its claims that religious life in Russia was allowed. The traditional Hebrew prayer book, published by Russian Chief Rabbi Shlomo Shleifer, was called Siddur Hashalom, to promote the claim that the Soviet Union sought international peace, and it ontains a selection of rabbinic teachings on the importance of peace as well as a special prayer for peace. Moscow 1956. Russian title page and Russian introduction. 479 pp. 17 x 26 pp. Good condition. Stained from use. Original binding.