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Yosef Ometz – Frankfurt, 1723 – First Edition

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Yosef Ometz, halachot and practices for the entire year, with customs of Frankfurt, by R. Yosef Yuspa Hahn Nördlingen, Rabbi and yeshiva dean of Frankfurt. Frankfurt am Main, [1723]. First edition.


Yosef Ometz is a renowned book of Ashkenazi customs, written by R. Yosef Yuspa Hahn Nördlingen (d. 1637), chief dayan in Frankfurt, first published by his grandson and reprinted several times since.
Nazi stamps on endpaper: "Inst. d. NSDAP z. Erforschung d. Judenfrage Abt. Ostjudentum Litzmannstadt" (Institute for Research on the Jewish Question).
French inscription on endpaper dated 1826. Anonymous ownership inscription on last leaf.
On front binding, inscription of the letters "MM". Inscription on spine: "Joseph ometz".


[8], 212 leaves, 15.5 cm. Dark paper. Overall good condition. Stains. Stamps. Original leather binding, with new spine and new endpapers. Damage to binding.

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