Tephilath Yom Kippur Kattan [Prayers for the Minor Day of Atonement]. With instructions in Judeo-German

AUCTION 11 | Tuesday, November 28th, 2000 at 1:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din

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Tephilath Yom Kippur Kattan [Prayers for the Minor Day of Atonement]. With instructions in Judeo-German

Hebrew manuscript in square Ashkenazic script in a precise neat hand. Black ink on vellum. Title page within decorated arch with rampant crowned lions bearing a large goblet ff. (3), 10, (1) not including blanks. Unnumbered leaves on paper. Lightly browned. Later gilt-tooled dyed-vellum binding with floral embellishments and central arabesque motif

(Germany): 1785

Est: $10,000 - $12,000

PRICE REALIZED $12,000

Contains prayers for Yom Kippur Katan; the eve of the New Month. The prevailing custom in many communities was to fast and recite penitential prayers, especially the day before the first of Elul, in order to commence the month with repentance. The final leaf contains special instructions and prayers for the month of Nissan from the SHeLa”H Hakodosh and the controversial Chemdath Hayamim, in which “an abundance and overflow of blessing and prosperity is drawn down from Heaven.”