Tephilah mi-kol ha-Shanah Minchah Ketanah le-Holchei Derech u-le-Ovrei Yamim le-ha-nos’im li-medinath Amerika Hash[em] Y[ishmerem]
AUCTION 27 |
Tuesday, February 08th,
2005 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Autographed Letters, Manuscripts, Ceremonial & Graphic Art
Lot 10
(AMERICAN JUDAICA).
Tephilah mi-kol ha-Shanah Minchah Ketanah le-Holchei Derech u-le-Ovrei Yamim le-ha-nos’im li-medinath Amerika Hash[em] Y[ishmerem]
Fürth: Zürndorffer & Sommer 1855
Est: $800 - $1,000
A miniature prayer book especially printed for Jewish immigrants traveling to America. Includes prayers for week-day and Sabbath, selected Festival portions, Ethics of the Fathers and the week-day Biblical reading.
After the failed German Revolution of 1848, there was large German-Jewish immigration to America. Although quips are told about Jewish immigrants tossing their tephillin (phylacteries) overboard on the boat to America, this particular prayer book resonates a very different story.