Sepher HaMinhagim al Seder Ma’aseh Bereishith.

Estimate: $3,000–$5,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(CEREMONIES).

printer

Leib Zussman

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1768

Description

Sephardic rite. Hebrew text with instructions and brief comments in Spanish. Prepared by Solomon Levi Maduro. Fifteen woodcut illustrations depicting Jewish ritual life. Final page with crest.

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 1954.

summary

A rare Spanish language Minhagim Book. Small handbook of prayers and ceremonies through the. religious year. Includes blessings before and after eating, the Festival Kiddush, prayers upon retiring and circumcision, the rather uncommon naming ceremony for a baby girl, annulment of oaths and an Hagadah for Passover. See N. Feuchtwanger-Sarig, Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana: Treasures of Jewish Booklore (1994) p.36.

ff. 52. Stained in places, few expert marginal repairs, f.24 with flaw sympathetically restored affecting a few letters. Modern vellum-backed boards. 8vo.

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