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Auction 53 · Lot 263

Tephiloth.

Estimate
$1,000–$1,500
Hammer price
Not recorded

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(CHEVRA KADISHA)

Place

Continental

Publication

Mid 19th-century

Description

Manuscript written on thick paper in a large Aschkenazi square Hebrew script with instructions in Yiddish.

summary

Beautiful prayers displaying the Chevra Kadisha’s respect for the deceased as they undertake preparations for burial.
Eleven pages. Stained, corners worn from use. Contemporary calf, scuffed. Sm. folio
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