Beith Tephilah [ethics and meditations to select prayers]. Translated into Ladino by David and Moses Alkalai

AUCTION 47 | Thursday, December 10th, 2009 at 1:00

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Lot 238

PAPO, ELIEZER.

Beith Tephilah [ethics and meditations to select prayers]. Translated into Ladino by David and Moses Alkalai

Text in Hebrew and Ladino ff. 61, (1). Tape repair on verso of title, light stains. Modern boards. 8vo Vinograd, Belgrade 42

Belgrade (Serbia): n.p. 1860

Est: $200 - $300

PRICE REALIZED $250

R. Eliezer Papo (d. 1828), a native of Sarajevo, Bosnia, served as Rabbi of Silistria, Bulgaria. Known for his ethical work Pele Yo'etz, the Author was famed for his sanctity and ascetic practices. On f.61v is a prayer to be recited at the time of self-flagellation (halka'ah atzmith). See Arzei HaLevanon (2006), Vol. I, pp. 299-302; JE, Vol. IX, p. 511