Selomoh Levy Maduro (Ed.) Sepher Berith Yitzchak [prayers pertaining to Brith Milah in accordance with the Sephardic rite].

Auction 91 | Thursday, November 12th, 2020 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Arts Featuring an Extensive Collection of Rabbinic Autograph Letters.

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Lot 190

(SEPHARDICA).

Selomoh Levy Maduro (Ed.) Sepher Berith Yitzchak [prayers pertaining to Brith Milah in accordance with the Sephardic rite].

Title within typographic border, with woodcut illustration of the circumcision ceremony by A. Santcroos. Tailpiece consisting of ritual laver, an allusion to the Levitic descent of the editor. Two-page Portuguese dedication to the Sephardic Mohelim. With Haskamah of R. Selomoh Salem, Rabbi of the Sephardic community of Amsterdam, previously Rabbi of Belgrade (Serbia).<<MANUSCRIPT APPENDED:>> pp. 16. Written in Hebrew in a Sephardic square and cursive hand by Salomon Seruya of Lisbon, 1839 (see below). Printed leaves: ff. (2), 17, (1). Trimmed, lightly stained. Later boards. 12mo. Vinograd, Amsterdam 1946.

Amsterdam: I. Mondovi for G.J. Jansson 1768

Est: $3,000 - $5,000

PRICE REALIZED $2,500

Contains an extraordinary ceremony for the circumcision of slaves. Also for the circumcision of mamzerim (bastards), Marranos and converts. Includes procedures for bringing a “Chut shel Chesed” upon a newborn baby, as in accordance with the Sephardic rite. Final three pages list the qualified Mohelim located throughout the Spanish & Portuguese Old and New Worlds, including: Amsterdam, The Hague, London, Bayonne, Curaçao, Surinam, etc. Appended is a handwritten Brith Milah manual. The first part is entitled Hanhagot HaMohel, the second part, “Ezrahi Haya Yahid Ben Le-umim,” is a piyut for circumcision (see Davidson 2373). The Serruya family were centuries-long resident on the Rock of Gibraltar at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula.