Auction 94 · Lot 276
Shimon Akiva Ber ben Yoseph. Avodath Borei, Mahadura Bathra [prayers for weekdays, Sabbath and Holidays]. With an extensive Kabbalistic commentary.
- Estimate
- $1,200–$1,800
- Hammer price
- $900
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(LITURGY).
printer
Aaron ben Uri Lipman
Place
Sulzbach
Publication
1707
Description
FIRST EDITION of full commentary.
references
Vinograd, Sulzbach 66.
summary
The author was the son-in-law of R. Feitel Isserles of Vienna. After the expulsion of the Jews from Vienna, he served as Rabbi of Zeckendorf. At the time of this publication he served as Rabbi of Gunzhausen. The leading Rabbis in their approbations entitle the author as "Sar Ha-Torah" (Prince of the Torah). The first edition which was published in Wilhermsdorf, 1688 contained only 52 leaves and covered only weekday prayers and the Sabbath eveing prayer, the present edition contains twice as much material.
Bound with: Chaim ben Moshe Lifschitz. Sepher Derech Chaim [Kabbalistic commentary to the prayers, with other novellae]. ff. 2, 98. [Vinograd, Sulzbach 61]. Sulzbach, 1703.
ff. 4, 106. Ex-library, browned. Contemporary elaborately tooled calf over heavy wooden boards, two metal hinges but lacking clasps, rubbed. 4to.
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