Machzor [prayers for the festival of Pentecost]. According to Romanian rite

AUCTION 14 | Tuesday, November 13th, 2001 at 1:00

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

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Lot 370

(LITURGY).

Machzor [prayers for the festival of Pentecost]. According to Romanian rite

Contains prayers and liturgical poems for the two days of Shavuoth. Included are many unpublished Hymns and Piyutim for the Sabbath before Shavuoth (not noted by Davidson in Otzar Hashirah VeHaPiyut). Neat square Hebrew script on paper with instructions in cursive. Owner's inscription on final free-endpaper ff.75. Contemporary chestnut calf with gilt tooled flowers along spine. Rubbed at corners and spine. 8vo

Greek?: 18th Century

Est: $3,000 - $5,000

Prayers according to the esoteric Greek Romanian (Romaniot) rite. Not to be confused with Rumania, but a rite stemming from the Byzantine Empire. By the late 16th century its usage became superseded by the Sephardi rite and Romaniot fell into disuse. The present Machzor includes an extensive presentation of the laws and customs of the Romanian Community, which was closely related to the practices of Eretz Israel. See S.C. Reif, Judaism and Hebrew Prayer (1993) pp.161-2; E. D. Goldschmidt, On Jewish Liturgy: Essays on Prayer and Religious Poetry (1978) pp.122-52 (originally published in Sefunot Vol. VIII (1964) pp.205-36); EJ, XI col.398