Joseph Juspa Hahan (Nordlingen). Yoseph Ometz [laws and customs, especially of Frankfurt a/Main].

Estimate

$300–$500

Hammer price

$300

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author

(GERMANY).

printer

Johann Kellner

Place

Frankfurt a/Main

Publication

1723

Description

FIRST EDITION. Portions in Yiddish

references

Vinograd, Frankfurt a/Main 424.

summary

Valuable sourcebook for the history of Frankfurt Jewry. Records the ritual customs distinct to the Community, as well as addresses liturgical questions and issues relating to education and morality. Also records the civil calendar and Gentile holidays. This copy contains two different versions of ff. 59-62, one in the order of the text and an alternate version bound in (before f. 210 and after f. 211). This alternate version contains a prayer attributed to Rabbeinu Tam and “copied from a manuscript of R. Eliezer Treves.” The first version contains several passages concerning the commandment to sacrifice one’s life as a martyr. With note from a previous owner indicating the differences. * With: Another (incomplete) copy. Previous owners’ inscriptions (dated 1800-13) indicating the work was studied on a daily basis.

ff. (8, introduction misbound after f. 209), 212. Ex-library, stained and browned, with slight worming, upper corner of final leaf repaired affecting some text (supplied). Contemporary calf backed boards, worn. 12mo.

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