Spanish). Godines, Benjamin Senior (Ed.) Me’ah Berachoth / Orden de Bendiciones.

(SEPHARDICA).

Albertus Magnus

Amsterdam

1687

Title in Hebrew and Spanish. Text in Hebrew and Spanish face `a face. Editor’s introduction in Portuguese. Exceptional engraved frontispiece by the Jewish artist Benjamin Godines depicting Man’s Five Senses by way of the performance of five ceremonial acts. A clean, wide-margined copy.

Vinograd, Amsterdam 550; Fuks, Amsterdam 606; Kayserling, p. 62; Gans, Memorbook p. 141; Roth, Jewish Art, col. 474.

“One Hundred Blessings”: A most striking volume of collected prayers and instructions issued for Marrano refugees. Included in the Me’ah Berachoth are: A Passover Hagadah; an index of blessings for the entire year including relevant laws and commentary according to Sephardic rite; a perpetual liturgical calendar; a recipe for Charoseth; instructions for constructing a Mikveh; prayers for the sick, last rites, and prayers for martyrs burned at the stake by the Inquisition. Of uncommon interest are the ceremonies celebrating the birth of a daughter, “Zeved HaBath” (Fadas de la Hija) and the circumcision ceremony of proselytes and servants.