TEFILAT YESHARIM

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Lot 157

(LITURGY).

TEFILAT YESHARIM

8vo. ff. [4],112, 213-277, 142 (Vinograd mistakenly writes 124) Contemporary calf backed boards, rubbed, chipped and loose. Owners signature Pinchas b. Abraham Rocca. Vinograd, Amsterdam,1538 Yaari, Ladino, 166

Amsterdam: Naftali Hertz Rofe 1740

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

An important early kabbalistic prayer-book with Lurianic kavanoth based upon the writings of R. Moshe Zacuto. Although a Siddur with kavanoth of Zacuto was previously published in 1712, under the name Beth Tefilah, this edition contains many additions in a host of areas: halacha, kavanoth, “minhagei chassidim” etc. ff. 122b-125 contains a Ladino translation and commentary. ff. 130-142 contains astronomical tables with a commentary by the editor ,R. David Meldola. The importance of these additions are highlighted in the approbation of Meldola’s father, the chief Rabbi of Bayonne, France.