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Brith Menucha [Kabbalah]. Attributed to Avraham of Grenada.

Auction 98 · Lot 137

Brith Menucha [Kabbalah]. Attributed to Avraham of Grenada.

Estimate
$700–$1,200
Hammer price
Not recorded

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(CHASSIDISM).

printer

Shmuel ben Yissachar Baer Segal

Place

Berditchev

Publication

1807

references

Vinograd, Berdichev 1.

summary

The First Hebrew Book printed in the Chassidic town of Berditchev. It is reported that the late Rebbe of Belz instructed that the Brith Menuchah be read to him on the night of Yom Kippur, particularly the narrative of the Kohen Gadol’s dramatic entry into the Holy of Holies on Yom Kippur.
ff. 40. Lightly stained, stamps. Modern boards. Sm. 4to.
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