Shechitoth u-Bedikoth [laws of Ritual Slaughter and Examination of the Lungs]

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

WEIL, JACOB.

printer

n.p

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1768

Description

With commentary Ohel Israel by R. Israel, Chief Justice of Copenhagen. Hebrew and Judeo-German in wayber- taytsch letters. Title within typographic border. * BOUND IN: Six manuscript leaves preceding printed book and ten manuscript leaves following

references

cf: Vinograd, Amsterdam 1788

summary

The manuscript leaves consist of notes on the laws of Shechitah in Judeo-German; two Hebrew poems upon the donation of a Torah scroll to the synagogue; laws of writing a mezuzah; Mi she-Berach prayers for the congregation and for the sick; the paragraph of Shema written in scribal letters, etc.

ff. 40 + 5 missing leaves supplied in manuscript. Title and first 4 leaves taped. Soiled and frayed. Later boards. 8vo

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