Boker Yizrach…Seder LeBirkath Chamah…The Prayers and Blessings to be Said on Wednesday Morning Next…On the Celebration of the 200th Cicle [sic] of the Revolution of the Sun from the Creation of the World.
AUCTION 60 |
Thursday, November 14th,
2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic Art and Ceremonial Objects
Lot 45
(ANGLO-JUDAICA).
Boker Yizrach…Seder LeBirkath Chamah…The Prayers and Blessings to be Said on Wednesday Morning Next…On the Celebration of the 200th Cicle [sic] of the Revolution of the Sun from the Creation of the World.
London: L. Alexander, April 2nd (1813)
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
PRICE REALIZED $1,500
<<AN EXTREMELY RARE ITEM OF EPHEMERA. UNRECORDED.>> An advertisement for the sale of a Birkath HaChamah pamphlet issued by Chief Rabbi Raphael Meldola of London. The ten page pamphlet itself is also highly rare scarce (just one copy recorded in a private collection.)
The exotic Birkath HaChamah ceremony is conducted just once every 28 years. It takes place on a Wednesday during the Hebrew month of Nissan, as the sun was set into motion in the firmament on the fourth day after creation of the world (Genesis 1: 16-19.) According to the Talmud (Berachoth 59b) at this time, the sun returns to its original position when the world was first created.