Arugath Habosem [commentary to the prayers for the entire year, with text]

AUCTION 65 | Thursday, June 25th, 2015 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art

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Lot 11
CHANOCH ZUNDEL BEN YOSEPH.

Arugath Habosem [commentary to the prayers for the entire year, with text]

Autograph Manuscript in Hebrew on paper, with prayers written in Aschkenazic square type and commentary in cursive. ff. 201. Stained, some margins frayed, previous owner’s stamps. Recent calf. 4to.

Bialystok: 19th century

Est: $2,000 - $3,000
PRICE REALIZED $13,000
<<AN AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT, PORTIONS OF WHICH REMAIN UNPUBLISHED>> . The author wrote his commentary on the Siddur twice. The first version he called “Besamim Rosh” (ms presently extant in the NLI, Jerusalem). This is his second and more extensive commentary on the prayers, with many additions, including the halachoth relating to prayer. The bulk of the commentary was printed in the Siddur Otzar HaTephiloth (Vilna, 1912). R. Chanoch Zundel (d. 1867) served as a preacher in Bialystok, Poland. He is well known for his exhaustive studies on Midrash, known as “Eitz Avoth” (the abridged commentary) and “Anaph Yoseph” (the expansive commentary). He composed his commentary to the Siddur in a similar style.