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![Orden de los cinco Tahaniot del año [Order for the Five Fast Days]. Amsterdam: Nicolao de Ravesteyn, 1648. Spanish. Or](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale85/17.jpg "Order of Prayers for the Five Fast Days – Spanish – Amsterdam, 1648 -")
Orden de los cinco Tahaniot del año [Order for the Five Fast Days]. Amsterdam: Nicolao de Ravesteyn, 1648. Spanish.
Order of prayers for the five fast days: 10th Tevet, Taanit Esther, 17th Tammuz, 9th Av and Tzom Gedalia.
Seventeenth-century Amsterdam was home to a large Sephardi community. Most of its members were descendants of Marranos who emigrated from Spain and Portugal a century after the expulsion. The present book was printed for the members of this community who had lost familiarity with the Hebrew language.
429 pages. 14 cm. Good condition. Stains. Original parchment binding. Minor damage to binding.
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Machzor / De las Oraciones del Año, Part III, with prayers for the Three Festivals, edited by Menasseh ben Israel. Amsterdam: Samuel Ben Israel Soeiro, 1650. Spanish.
Seventeenth-century Amsterdam was home to a large Sephardi community. Most of its members were descendants of Marranos who emigrated from Spain and Portugal a century after the expulsion. The present Machzor was printed for the members of this community who had lost familiarity with the Hebrew language.
That year, two additional volumes were printed, with prayers for Shabbat and for Rosh Chodesh and Festivals, and prayers for the five fast days.
On leaf 71, an Omer counter (engraving) – a circle divided into seven weeks and 49 days for Sefirat HaOmer, with a pinhole at center (presumably meant for a moveable pointer).
110, 112-232 leaves. Lacking leaf 111. Approx. 15 cm. Fair condition, several leaves in fair-poor condition. Stains, including dampstains. Extensive wear. Many tears, including open tears affecting text. Large open tear to leaf 9 (most of the leaf is lacking). Worming affecting text. Handwritten inscriptions. Original parchment binding, partially detached, torn and damaged, with worming.
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Machzor Shaar Bat Rabim, Part I – prayers for the weekdays, Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh and Festivals, and Part II – prayers for the High Holidays and festivals of Tishrei, "following the rite of the Ashkenazi community", with the Hadrat Kodesh commentary, by R. Yitzchak son of R. Yaakov Yosef HaLevi. Venice: Bragadin, [1711-1715]. Three volumes, comprising incomplete copies of both parts of the Machzor.
The first two volumes comprise most of part I of the Machzor (some leaves appear twice), and the third volume comprises the first half of part II (see details below).
This machzor was published at the initiative of the Italian communities, who undertook to buy the printed copies. The machzor was printed and sold in individual gatherings.
A large piece of paper was pasted on p. 157b of vol. I, covering half the page.
Three volumes. Vol. I (Part I): 157, 325-348 leaves. Vol. II (Part I): 192-360 leaves. Part I originally: 360 leaves. Lacking leaves 158-191 (altogether lacking 34 leaves in this part). Leaves 325-348 (24 leaves) appear twice. Vol. III (Part II): 193 leaves. Part II originally: 372, 377-384 leaves. Lacking leaves 194-372, 377-384 (altogether lacking 187 leaves in this part). First two volumes: 36 cm; vol. III: 40.5 cm (wide margins). Light-colored, high-quality paper. Condition varies, vols. I and II in overall good-fair condition. Most leaves of vol. III in good condition. Stains, including dampstains (significant dampstains in vol. I). Many stains (including wax stains) to several leaves of vol. II. Minor worming to vols. I and III. Tears. Vol. II with worming and tears affecting text (several tears repaired with paper). Marginal tears to title page of vol. III, slightly affecting engraved border. Title page of vol. I trimmed with damage to engraved border. Vols. I and II with new bindings, vol. III in original binding, with damage and worming.
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Sephardi machzor for the High Holidays, Part I containing selichot for Lel Ashmurot and Rosh Hashanah prayers, and Part II with Yom Kippur prayers. Florence, [1735]. Two parts in two volumes.
Engraved frontispiece in vol. II, not recorded in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book.
The prayer of the Or HaChaim HaKadosh for the Mussaf prayer of Yom Kippur is written in square script (trimmed at the edges) on the endpaper of vol. II.
Two volumes. Vol I: [2], 120 leaves. Vol. II: [12], 122-314 leaves. Approx. 15 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor dampstains. Original leather bindings (not uniform). Minor damage to bindings (minor worming to one binding). Vol. II is housed in a card case.
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Machzor according to Italian rite, Part II (machzor for the High Holidays, Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah). Venice, [1772].
Bound at the end of the machzor: Tefillat Yesharim, prayers for weekdays by R. Yehuda Aryeh of Modena, Perek Shirah, Tefillat HaDerech, Hatavat Chalom and other prayers. Venice, [1754].
Hundreds of handwritten marginal glosses by an unidentified writer (in Italian Rashi script). Most of the glosses explain difficult words in the piyyutim, the rest contain textual emendations and variations. In several places, pieces of paper containing emended text were pasted over the original text (some remain blank). Achot Ketanah piyyut inscribed on front endpaper.
The book is bound in a fine, gilt-decorated leather binding, with metal clasps. Owner's initials on front and back boards: "M. E. S. V.".
322 leaves; 16 leaves. 19.5 cm (Tefillat Yesharim remargined for conformity). Good condition. Stains (some leaves with dark stains). A few tears. Pieces of paper pasted over text in several places. Leather binding, with defects.
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Machzor for Yom Kippur, Sephardi rite, with prayers from the writings of the Arizal and from the book Chemdat Yamim. Venice, [1792].
Fine copy, with original leather binding.
A printed leaf entitled Tefillah LeVayaavor was attached to the front endpaper (with a metal pin). The leaf features a prayer composed by R. Chaim ibn Attar, the Or HaChaim, "to be recited on Yom Kippur while the cantor says VaYaavor". This is a prayer about the Shechina being in exile, expressing the Jewish people's passionate desire and yearning for G-d.
The prayer was first published in a small, rare booklet named Seder Tikkun Shovavim (f. 34) printed in Livorno in 1740, during the Or HaChaim's sojourn in Livorno on his way to Eretz Israel. According to the heading, the prayer was composed by R. Chaim ben Attar to be recited after the three Amida prayers of Rosh Hashanah before Elokai Netzor, and on Yom Kippur while the cantor is saying VaYaavor. The prayer spread quickly and was printed in machzorim and siddurim in Italy and Turkey. It was also copied in many manuscripts, and eventually even printed in the Chassidic Berditchev siddur named Tefilla Yeshara V'Keter Nehora. The prayer is quoted and mentioned several times in the books of R. Chaim Palachi.
This leaf was printed on its own, presumably in Livorno, close to the time of printing of this machzor. It is not recorded in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book, nor does it appear in the NLI catalog. To the best of our knowledge, this is the sole existing exemplar of this leaf.
[1], 146-206, 193-352, 2 leaves + [1] printed leaf. 18.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Worming to final leaves. Gilt edges. Original, gilt-decorated leather binding, with damage. Wear and minor tears to the enclosed leaf.
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Selichot for Elul and the Ten Days of Repentance, following the rite of the communities of Carpentras, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue and Cavaillon. Amsterdam, [1763].
Selichot and piyyutim following the rite unique to the Carpentras community (south-eastern France), printed to provide for the growing needs of the community, which could not anymore be fulfilled with handwritten copies.
Ownership inscriptions on the title page and final leaf: "Michael de Milhau"; "This is the book of Betzalel son of Gad de Milhau (see enclosed material for more information on the rabbis of Carpentras from the de Milhau [de Milliaud] family).
82 leaves. 23.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Many handwritten inscriptions on the endpapers. New binding.
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Year-round siddur following Ashkenazi rite, with Tehillim and supplications; with Yiddish translation (in Tsene-rene typeface). Amsterdam: Yochanan Levi Rofe, his brother-in-law Baruch and brother Hertz, [1786].
Separate title page for the Book of Tehillim and supplications. Original leather-covered wooden binding, with silver corners and clasps.
243; 92; 144 leaves. Leaf 98 of first sequence bound out of order, after leaf 102. Approx. 18 cm. Condition varies, some leaves in fair condition, many leaves in good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Tears, including open tears affecting text, with paper repairs (many of them over text). Leaves trimmed with minor damage to headings in several places. Handwritten inscriptions on endpapers. Gilt edges. Early leather binding, with original marbled endpaper and clasps. Minor damage to binding.
This edition is not recorded in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book.
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Two rare booklets of Tikkunim, printed in Prague in the 18th century:
• Tikkun for 7th Adar, following the rite of Eretz Israel, Turkey and Italy. Prague: Jos. Emanuel Diesbach, [1787].
First edition of Tikkun for 7th Adar printed as an independent booklet.
[8] leaves. Approx. 16 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Wear. Leaves trimmed with damage to text. Stamps and handwritten inscription to title page. New binding.
• Tikkun Chatzot Layla. Prague: Jos. Emamuel Diesbach, [1787].
16 leaves. 16.5 cm. Fair condition. Many stains and wear. Minor marginal open tears to final leaves. Leaves trimmed close to text, with minor damage. Marginal paper repair to title page. Stamps and handwritten inscriptions on title page. New binding.
The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book records the title page only, based on a photocopy.
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Tefillat HaDerech, with various prayers. Prague, 1837.
Pocket format. Includes, apart from Tefillat HaDerech: Hallel and Musaf for Rosh Chodesh, Kiddush Levanah, the Ten Commandments, Parashat HaMan, Sefirat HaOmer, and more.
Instructions in Yiddish, in Tsene-rene typeface.
[48] leaves. 10 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Original parchment binding, with minor damage.
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Beit Tefilla siddur, according to Italian rite, prayers for weekdays, Shabbat, the Three Festivals and the High Holidays. Pisa: Samuel Molcho, [1816].
Miniature-size volume. Fine, original leather binding, with silver clasp.
Inscriptions in Italian script on back endpaper.
64, 49-224 leaves. 7 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Several open tears, slightly affecting text. Leaves trimmed with damage to text and minor damage to upper part of title page border. Damage to binding.
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Year-round machzor according to Polish rite, for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Passover, Sukkot and Shavuot, with English translation. London, [1807]. Six volumes.
Engraved title page in each volume.
In the first volume, engraved frontispiece portrait of R. Shlomo Hirschell Berliner Rabbi of London, captioned in Hebrew and in English: "Portrait of the illustrious Torah scholar, R. Shlomo son of R. Tzvi, rabbi of the Ashkenazi community in London and the country, illustrious descendant of R. Heshel and Chacham Tzvi" / "The Rev. Solomon Hirschell; Chief Rabbi of the German and Polish Jews in England".
Six volumes. Rosh Hashanah: [2], 13 pages, 14-26, 232 leaves, 11 pages. Yom Kippur, Vol. I: 250 leaves. Yom Kuppur, Vol. II: [1], 212 leaves. Sukkot: [1], 240 leaves. Passover: [1], 266 leaves. Shavuot: [1], 185, [7] leaves. 22-23.5 cm. Some leaves slightly browned. Overall good conition. Stains. Stamps and handwritten inscriptions. Gilt edges to two volumes. New bindings.
Vol. I of Yom Kippur is not recorded in The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book. Vol. II of Yom Kippur recorded in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book has only 199 leaves (as does one of the copies in the NLI). This copy has 212 leaves.
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