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Lot 157 Parchment Manuscript – Tikun Lailah – Bedtime Reading of Shema and Other Prayers – Frankfurt, Ca. First Half of 19th Century

Parchment manuscript, Tikun Lailah – bedtime reading of Shema, with the prayer of the Ramban for the night of intercours
Parchment manuscript, Tikun Lailah – bedtime reading of Shema, with the prayer of the Ramban for the night of intercours
Parchment manuscript, Tikun Lailah – bedtime reading of Shema, with the prayer of the Ramban for the night of intercours
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Auction 99 Part 2 Rare and Important Items Nov 5, 2024
Opening: $1,500
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Sold for: $10,000
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Parchment manuscript, Tikun Lailah – bedtime reading of Shema, with the prayer of the Ramban for the night of intercourse, and order of reversing a bad dream, scribed by Eliezer Zusman of Mezeritch. Frankfurt am Main, [ca. first half of 19th century].

Ashkenazic square script, vocalized. Instructions and laws written in Rashi script. Title page surrounded by rectangular frame, containing details on the scribe and the location. Fine square decoration on last leaf, containing words declaring the work completed.
On leaves 2-9a appear the reading of Shema, including the first four Psalms, Adon Olam and a confession. Beginning on p. 9a: Prayer of the Ramban for the night of intercourse, and order of reversing a bad dream.
Ownership inscription on front endpaper: "Belongs to the G-d-fearing philanthropist Mr. Hertz Marcus Oppenheimer" (apparently Hertz Marcus Oppenheimer, 1785-1839, jeweler and watch dealer in Frankfurt).


[11] leaves (numbered in pencil in a later hand). 17.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Wear and signs of heavy use to some leaves. New leather binding (bound together with a pink paper wrapper, original).

For another manuscript written by the same scribe, see Kedem catalogue, Auction 58, Lot 4. Several other manuscripts written by this scribe are extant, some in the Braginsky collection, documented in the catalogue: Emile Schrijver and Falk Wiesemann (eds.), Schöne Seiten: Jüdische Schriftkultur aus der Braginsky Collection (Zürich: Scheidegger & Spiess, 2011), pp. 76-77 (no. 15), 80 (no. 16).

Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, November 2019, Lot 122.

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Lot 158 Illuminated Manuscript – Machzor for High Holidays, Apam Rite – Asti, 1776 – Written for a Woman

Manuscript, machzor for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, according to the Apam (Asti-Fossano-Moncalvo) rite. Asti, [1776].
Manuscript, machzor for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, according to the Apam (Asti-Fossano-Moncalvo) rite. Asti, [1776].
Manuscript, machzor for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, according to the Apam (Asti-Fossano-Moncalvo) rite. Asti, [1776].
Manuscript, machzor for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, according to the Apam (Asti-Fossano-Moncalvo) rite. Asti, [1776].
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Auction 99 Part 2 Rare and Important Items Nov 5, 2024
Opening: $1,500
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500
Sold for: $3,750
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Manuscript, machzor for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, according to the Apam (Asti-Fossano-Moncalvo) rite. Asti, [1776].

Title page decorated with frame: "Order of prayers, piyyutim and krovetz for high holidays according to the rite of… our French rabbis…". The bottom part of the title page names the woman for whom the machzor was scribed, as well as the location and date of writing: "Written at the behest of the honorable and modest Mrs. Keila Chanah Treves, wife of R. Yehoshua Chai Montalcina… in Asti, [1776]". Below this is written (as customary in printed books): "Con Licenza del Divino Superiore".
Signature of owner on front endpaper: "My portion by lot, Adar 1828, Moshe son of R. Yehoshua Chai Montalcini".


[1], 94, [4] leaves. 26 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dark stains. Wear and tears. Several leaves detached. Leather binding, with metal clasp. Tears and damage to binding.
A booklet is added (4 written pages) with the Kedushah prayer for Musaf, in another hand.

Provenance: Collection of Rabbi Prof. Eliyah Shmuel Hartom, Jerusalem.


The Apam Rite
"Apam" is an acronym for the communities of Asti, Fossano, and Moncalvo. All three communities were established by Jewish exiles from France who settled in the Piedmont region of Italy after being expelled from France in the 14th century. Once in Italy, most Jewish émigrés from France adopted the customs and traditions of the communities that absorbed them, and only these three communities clung to the French traditions they arrived with, thus preserving the ancient French rite. The French rite resembles the Ashkenazic rite, but differs from it both in its own particular versions of some of the prayers, and in the distinctive piyyutim that are peculiar to it. Siddurim associated with the Apam rite were never printed, and they survive only in manuscript form (on the Apam rite see: Zunz, Rites of Synagogue Liturgy, Breuer-Fraenkel Hebrew translation, Jerusalem 2016, pp. 64-65; Goldschmidt, Leket Shichchah UPeah LeMachzor Apam, Kiryat Sefer XXX, Jerusalem 1955, pp. 118-136).
The present machzor preserves the piyyutim and distinctive liturgy of the Apam rite, including a unique version of Kol Nidrei, the piyyut Eten Tehilah introducing the Avodah prayer, and more.

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Lot 159 Decorated Manuscript, Hoshanot and Piyyutim for Simchat Torah – Apam Rite – Asti, 1801

Manuscript, Hoshanot and piyyutim for Simchat Torah, according to the Apam (Asti-Fossano-Moncalvo) rite. Asti, [1801].
Manuscript, Hoshanot and piyyutim for Simchat Torah, according to the Apam (Asti-Fossano-Moncalvo) rite. Asti, [1801].
Manuscript, Hoshanot and piyyutim for Simchat Torah, according to the Apam (Asti-Fossano-Moncalvo) rite. Asti, [1801].
Manuscript, Hoshanot and piyyutim for Simchat Torah, according to the Apam (Asti-Fossano-Moncalvo) rite. Asti, [1801].
Manuscript, Hoshanot and piyyutim for Simchat Torah, according to the Apam (Asti-Fossano-Moncalvo) rite. Asti, [1801].
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Auction 99 Part 2 Rare and Important Items Nov 5, 2024
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Manuscript, Hoshanot and piyyutim for Simchat Torah, according to the Apam (Asti-Fossano-Moncalvo) rite. Asti, [1801].

Square script, vocalized. Commentaries and instructions in smaller script, unvocalized. Fine decorations throughout the manuscript.
Colophon of scribe at end of Hoshanot (p. 14b): "I the scribe, dust and ashes, Yaakov Yehoshua son of Zerach Uri Katzigin of Asti, 1801".
Piyyutim for Simchat Torah begin on p. 16b. Written in large letters, in frames, without a commentary.
The commentary on the Hoshanot is copied from the Shaar Bat Rabim machzor, Part II, Venice 1715, leaves 333-337. The commentary begins: "The proofreaders say, we ardently desire to know and make known why the commentator did not comment on the Hoshanot piyyutim… But we found an excellent and sufficient commentary in the Italian rite machzor…".
Leaf 15 was bound at a later time, with verses to recite after the conclusion of Hoshanot (with an Italian caption stating that the prayer should be recited "while the chazan is saying the names"). On the margins of the leaf: "Asti, 25th Tishrei 1884".
Inside the board is an ownership inscription: "Brothers Hartom son of Refael Binyamin".


[22] leaves. 27 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dark stains. Marginal tear to one leaf. Cardboard binding, with light damage.

Provenance: Collection of Rabbi Prof. Eliyah Shmuel Hartom, Jerusalem.


The Apam Rite
"Apam" is an acronym for the communities of Asti, Fossano, and Moncalvo. All three communities were established by Jewish exiles from France who settled in the Piedmont region of Italy after being expelled from France in the 14th century. Once in Italy, most Jewish émigrés from France adopted the customs and traditions of the communities that absorbed them, and only these three communities clung to the French traditions they arrived with, thus preserving the ancient French rite. The French rite resembles the Ashkenazic rite, but differs from it both in its own particular versions of some of the prayers, and in the distinctive piyyutim that are peculiar to it. Siddurim associated with the Apam rite were never printed, and they survive only in manuscript form (on the Apam rite see: Zunz, Rites of Synagogue Liturgy, Breuer-Fraenkel Hebrew translation, Jerusalem 2016, pp. 64-65; Goldschmidt, Leket Shichchah UPeah LeMachzor Apam, Kiryat Sefer XXX, Jerusalem 1955, pp. 118-136).

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Lot 160 Illustrated Manuscript – Reshit Chochmah – Balkans Region, 18th Century

Manuscript, Reshit Chochmah by R. Eliyahu de Vidas (a disciple of R. Moshe Cordovero). [Balkans region, 18th century].
Manuscript, Reshit Chochmah by R. Eliyahu de Vidas (a disciple of R. Moshe Cordovero). [Balkans region, 18th century].
Manuscript, Reshit Chochmah by R. Eliyahu de Vidas (a disciple of R. Moshe Cordovero). [Balkans region, 18th century].
Manuscript, Reshit Chochmah by R. Eliyahu de Vidas (a disciple of R. Moshe Cordovero). [Balkans region, 18th century].
Manuscript, Reshit Chochmah by R. Eliyahu de Vidas (a disciple of R. Moshe Cordovero). [Balkans region, 18th century].
Manuscript, Reshit Chochmah by R. Eliyahu de Vidas (a disciple of R. Moshe Cordovero). [Balkans region, 18th century].
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Auction 99 Part 2 Rare and Important Items Nov 5, 2024
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Sold for: $3,250
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Manuscript, Reshit Chochmah by R. Eliyahu de Vidas (a disciple of R. Moshe Cordovero). [Balkans region, 18th century].

Copying in Oriental semi-cursive script (some words verge on cursive script); with decorations and fine illustrations in color and gilt ink, in Islamic style characteristic of the Ottoman empire – illustrations of cypresses and flowers, decorated initial panels, decorated circles (one with a star in center, and a Star of David in the center of the other), and other decorations. The circle at the end of the manuscript incorporates a colophon with the name of the scribe: "Yosef son of Shmuel Chazan", with an inscription on the completion of writing: "This book was finished on the 18th of Tishrei…"; the rest of the inscription is confused and we were unable to determine the exact year (changes may have been made to it). The name of the scribe is also incorporated in the decorated circle in the Derech Eretz chapter.
The manuscript is lacking its first half. The present item constitutes the later parts of the work, from Shaar HaKedushah chapter 16 until the end of Shaar HaAnavah (lacking approximately one page from the end of the chapter, due to a detached leaf); followed by five chapters appended by the author from Menorat HaMaor by R. Yisrael Alnaqua (Perek HaMitzvot, Perek Gidul Banim, Perek Masa UMatan, Perek HaDinim and Perek Derech Eretz).
The first half of this manuscript is JTS Ms. 2049. The scribe's name is mentioned in a decorated circle at the beginning of the manuscript (as well as further in the manuscript); on the page opposite the circle appears a death inscription, apparently also by the scribe: "My father passed away on Sunday, 26th Tamuz [1771]".
The manuscript is in a cardboard wrapper, upon which is written: "Manuscript Reshit Chochmah – I received it from Dr. Tzemach Rabiner, preacher in Sofia, as a gift". Enclosed is a photocopy of a letter from Dr. Tzemach Rabiner, Chief Rabbi of Sofia and "Chief Preacher" of Bulgarian Jewry, regarding this manuscript.


[103] leaves. Lacking beginning; one leaf torn and lacking in middle (at end of Shaar HaAnavah). Approx. 21 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains and dark stains, with ink fading, affecting text. Wear and light tears. Loose gatherings. Without binding.

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