(Sepher Kuntress)
AUCTION 53 |
Thursday, December 08th,
2011 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters & Graphic Art
Lot 298
(LITURGY)
(Sepher Kuntress)
Pressburg: circa 1830
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Selected prayers through the yearly cycle include: Haphtorah blessings; blessing for communal leaders; prayer for the government; various memorial prayers; order for the changing of a name; meditations and order of shofar-blowing; declaration of the “Baha”b” tri-part fast, etc.
In the margin of f. 13, beside the Yizkor prayer, the names Ezriel ben Chana and his wife Troileh bas Ruchama are recorded and are identified as having been the founding supporters of the synagogue. Pasted to the inside of the back cover is a handwritten note pertaining to the yahrtzeit of R. Ezriel Briller and his wife.
Rabbi Ezriel Bruller (or Briller / Brilin) can be identified as having founded the ‘Briller’ Shule in Pressburg. The famed Chasam Sofer presented a eulogy at the funeral for R. Ezriel Briller (see Chasam Sofer Drashos, Vol. II (1961) p. 759).
For a manuscript executed in a similar style as the one offered here, see Sotheby’s New York, November 24, 2009, Lot 154.