Sepher Haminhagim al Seder Ma’aseh Bereishith

Estimate: $3,000–$5,000
Hammer price: $4,250

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author

(CEREMONIES)

printer

Loeb Soesmans

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1768

Description

Sephardic rite. Hebrew text with instructions and brief comments in Spanish. Prepared by Solomon Levi Maduro. Fifteen woodcut illustrations depicting Jewish ritual life. Final page with crest

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 1954 (recording only one copy in JNUL)

summary

RARE SPANISH MINHAGIM BOOK - WITH FESTIVAL AND CEREMONIAL SCENES. Small hand-book of prayers and ceremonies through the religious year. Includes blessings before and after eating, the Festival Kiddush, prayers upon retiring and circumcision, the rathe uncommon naming ceremony for a baby girl, annulment of oaths and an Hagadah for Passover. See N. Feuchtwanger-Sarig, Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana: Treasures of Jewish Booklore (1994), p.36

ff.52. Stained, various paper repairs, title repaired affecting a few words. Modern calf, gilt. Sm. 8vo

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