Sidur Tephilath Hashanah [prayers for the entire year]. According to Romanian rite, edited by R. Elijah Halevi, with additions by Abraham ben Yom-Tov of Jerusalem
AUCTION 16 |
Tuesday, June 25th,
2002 at 1:00
Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din
Lot 169
(LITURGY)
Sidur Tephilath Hashanah [prayers for the entire year]. According to Romanian rite, edited by R. Elijah Halevi, with additions by Abraham ben Yom-Tov of Jerusalem
Venice: Daniel Bomberg, circa 1520-23
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
PRICE REALIZED $9,000
An Exceptionally Rare Festival Prayer-Book Issued by Bomberg’s Press. No Complete Copy Extant. Jnul and Bodleian Copies Incomplete.
Prayers according to the esoteric Greek Romanian (Romaniot) rite. Not to be confused with Rumania, but a rite stemming from the Byzantine Empire, first issued in Constantinople in 1510. The present Machzor represents the second printed appearance of this rite. The third was not for another fifty years (Constantinople, 1573-6), whereafter its usage became superseded by the Sephardi rite and Romaniot fell into disuse.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.
Both Habermann and Vinograd erroneously note this Machzor as two separate editions. Both entries in fact refer to the same publication.
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