Taharah [prayers recited during the ritual washing of the dead]

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $350

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author

(LITURGY).

Place

(Germany)

Publication

19th-century

Description

Square Hebrew characters provided with nikud. Instructions in Judeo-German

summary

The procedure for Jewish purification of the dead is especially ritualized and detailed, a separate verse is recited while attending to each part of the body

pp. (1), 10. Black ink on coarse paper. Calf, scuffed. Small folio

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