My favorite siddur is “Minchas Yerushalayim.” For those of you that don’t know it, it’s small and very thick, about 1500 pages. As far as I know, it’s been out of publication for several years now. I love it because it has everything – calendars, times, pictures and diagrams, Avodim Hayeenu for Shabbat Hagadol, you name it, it’s in there.
I’ve had 3 or 4 copies over the years, and wore each one out. It’s almost impossible to find them anymore, which brings me to a nice story.
One of my daughters was reading my posts in the CR, as she knows my screen name. She saw the post where I asked if anyone had any info about this particular siddur, like if new copies were still being published. The answer I received to my post was that the family that owned the rights was no longer going to publish it.
So, my daughter poked around in various Yerushalayim based FB and email groups, asking if anyone had a copy of this particular siddur to sell or give away. Someone did have one, gave it to my daughter; all my kids chipped in, had it rebound, and gave it to me for my birthday a few years ago. It was quite meaningful.
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