Rabbi Meir Baal HaNess

AUCTION 27 | Tuesday, February 08th, 2005 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Autographed Letters, Manuscripts, Ceremonial & Graphic Art

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Lot 306

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Rabbi Meir Baal HaNess

Single leaf on vellum, Hebrew text. Decorative border hand-painted in green and red 240 x 250 mm

n.p.: 1824

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $600

This lengthy formula attributed to the famed “Chatham Sofer,’” R. Moses Schreiber of Pressburg, to be recited in a time of anxiety and distress, includes the essential ingredient “Elo-hei deMeir Aneni” (God of Meir, answer me). The scribe has adhered to the lettering and ruling employed in Torah scrolls