(“The Tosfos Yom-Tov.”). Selichoth VePizmonim… HaGaon Eliezer Aschkenazi [penitential prayers relating to tensions during war to dispel sorrow and despair]. Plus additional prayers by R. Ephraim (Luntschytz) and R. Yom Tov Lipmann Heller.

<<A UNICUM COPY.>> Final four leaves include Selichoth composed by R. Yom Tov Lipmann Heller in 1621 for recitation on the 14th day of Cheshvan, upon the rescue of the Jews of Prague during the Thirty Year War. The preface to these Selichoth contain historical details concerning the Bohemian Revolt of 1618, the crowning in Prague 1620 of King Friedrich V and his wife Elizabeth Stuart (daughter of King James VI of England) and the subsequent war with the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II. The preface goes on to note that it was Chief Rabbi of Prague Isaiah Horowitz (the Shalo’h HaKadosh) who deemed the 14th Cheshvan to be a day of fasting and he instructed the Tosfos Yom Tov to compose suitable prayers to be recited by the Jews of Prague upon their delivery from death. The description of this book provided by the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book (no. 0200459) is of this very copy - likely unique.