Kitzur MeSepher Zemiroth Yisrael [order of liturgical hymns]

Estimate

$1,500–$2,500

Hammer price

$1,700

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author

(LITURGY)

Place

Padua

Publication

1820

Description

Manuscript in Hebrew, written in Italian square and cursive hand, on paper. Title within penciled architectural border.

summary

Collection of specially composed songs and poems throughout the year for particular Sabbaths and Festivals, as well as in observance of life-cycle events: Bar-Mitzvah, wedding, etc. Concludes with details on customs observed in this particular community. Edited by R. Menachem Azariah Castelnuovo on behalf of Yoseph Chaim ben Yehudah Terni with an approbation by R. Ya’akov Luzzatto. R. Menachem Azariah Castelnuovo (1772-1847) was a first rate Torah scholar who was called from Livorno to serve as Rabbi in Padua. His book of responsa “Eimek Hamelech” was published posthumously in Livorno, 1868.

ff. 32. Touch stained, one leaf loose. Contemporary calf-backed speckled boards, rubbed. Folio.

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