Sha’ar Hashamayim [prayers throughout the year]. With Psalms, Biblical readings and Ma’amadoth. Compiled with commentary by Isaiah Hurwitz (the SHeLa”H Hakodosh)

Estimate: $13,000–$15,000
Hammer price: $12,000

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author

(LITURGY).

printer

Aaron de Salomon Antones

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1717

Description

FIRST EDITION. Attractive additional engraved title, two divisional title pages.

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 1114

summary

A handsome copy of this celebrated prayer-book with a Kabbalistice commentary by the “Holy SHeLa”H. Prepared for publication by the SHeLa”H’s great-grandson, Abraham, it includes his comments as well as those of his grandfather, Shabbetai Sheftel. Rabbi Joel Sirkes (The Ba”CH), one of Poland’s most outstanding Talmudists, famously attests in his lead approbation (f.2v) the certainty that all prayers invoked from the SHeLaH Prayer-Book will most assuredly be fulfilled

ff.(2),335, 139, 130, (1),52. Stained in places, lower corner lightly worn through use, contemporary blind-tooled sheep over wooden boards, rebacked, extremeties scuffed, lacking clasps, thick 4to

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