Compendium of the Order of the Burial Service, and Rules for the Mournings. Compiled by Desire, and Published on Account of the Hevra Hesed Ve’Emet of the K"K Sephardim Shearith Israel

Estimate: $1,500–$2,500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

printer

S.H. Jackson

Place

New York

Publication

1827

Description

Prayers in Hebrew with English translation facing. Introductory compendium of Jewish laws in English interspersed with Hebrew keywords. This copy clearly belonged to an officiant of the Synagogue as it has been very well used

references

Rosenbach 291 (includes facsimile of title); Singerman 0447

summary

Congregation Shearith Israel of New York, established by the members of the first Jewish Community of North America who arrived in 1654, remains the oldest congregation on the Continent. Its Burial Society, Hevra Hesed Ve’Emet is the oldest existing Jewish philanthropic society in New York. This Compendium was its first publication. See Goldman, no. 35

pp.12, (1 blank); (3), ff. 4-18. Small hole at bottom of title, text slightly affected. Some foxing and fraying (with occasional loss of text), leaves loose and reinforced by tape. Blind-tooled crushed black morocco. 8vo

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