Berith Yitzchak [liturgy for circumcision, with readings for night vigil].

(SEPHARDICA).

I. Mondovi for G.J. Jansson

Amsterdam

1768

Text in Hebrew and Portuguese. Illustration of circumcision on title-page. Tailpiece consisting of ritual laver, an allusion to the Levitic descent of the editor and patron, Selomah Levi Maduro. The Rev. J.J. Lyons copy, handsome binding with his name gilt-tooled in Hebrew. From the library of Rabbi Dr. David de Sola Pool.

Vinograd, Amsterdam 1946.

Contains specific ceremonies for the circumcision of slaves, mamzerim (bastards), Marranos and converts. Commences with a two-page dedication to the Sephardic Mohelim, final three pages listing the qualified Mohelim located throughout the Spanish & Portuguese Diaspora: Amsterdam, The Hague, London, Hamburg, Bayonne, Curaçao, and Surinam. Regarding Jaques Judah Lyons (1813-77) and his “deep impression” on Cong. Shearith Israel, see David and Tamar de Sola Pool, An Old Faith In The New World, Portrait of Shearith Israel 1654-1954 pp. 178-82.