Auction 75 - Rare and Important Items
Collection of Booklets, Techinot for Women – Zhitomir, 1857-1866 – Printed by the Shapira Brothers
Opening: $4,000
Estimate: $8,000 - $10,000
Sold for: $5,750
Including buyer's premium
Eleven booklets, Techinot (supplications) for women in Yiddish, printed in Zhitomir by the Shapira brothers, grandsons of the rabbi of Slavita (apart from one booklet printed by Shadov). The imprints (details of printing and name of printer) on the title pages are printed, partially or completely, in Cyrillic characters.
• Techinah Shabbat. Zhitomir: Shapira Brothers, 1857.
• Techinah for Rosh Chodesh Bentschen, Sarah, Rivka, Rachel, Leah. Zhitomir: Shapira Brothers, 1858. Not listed in the NLI catalog.
• Techinah Bakashah (to be recited upon arriving at the synagogue). Zhitomir: Shapira Brothers, 1861. Greenish paper. Leaves bound out of order (pagination skips page numbers 23-24, book appears to be complete). Not listed in the NLI catalog.
• Techinah Imahot. Zhitomir: Shapira Brothers, 1861. Greenish paper. Not listed in the NLI catalog.
• Techinot Mikra Kodesh, supplications for the blessing of the new month, with the times of the Moladot of each month. Zhitomir: Shapira Brothers, 1862. Lists of Moladot for 1862-1867, with Yiddish text to be recited in the synagogue. Incomplete copy. 34 pages (lacking pages 35-45). The copy recorded in the NLI catalog is lacking the title page.
• Techinah Kodem HaTefillah. Zhitomir: R. Aryeh Leib Shapira, 1863. Not listed in the NLI catalog.
• Techinah Birchot HaNerot, order of candle lighting for women, with supplications for the High Holidays and the three festivals, by R. "Yisrael G.B. [Goldberger] of Ivnytsia". Zhitomir: [Shapira], 1864. Open tears, affecting text.
• Techinah Kol Bechiot, brought from Eretz Israel, by Mrs. Henna daughter of Yehuda. Zhitomir: R. Aryeh Leib Shapira, 1864. Not listed in the NLI catalog.
• Techinah Imrei Shefer, six new supplications for various special times, by R. Yisrael G.B. [Goldberger] of Ivnytsia. Zhitomir: R. Aryeh Leib Shapira, 1864. Not listed in the NLI catalog. Large open tears (in a few places, with loss to almost half the leaf), affecting text with loss. May be lacking one leaf or more.
• Prager Techinah. Zhitomir: R. Aryeh Leib Shapira, 1864. 16 leaves. Lacking end. Not listed in the NLI catalog.
• Techinah Imahot for Rosh Chodesh Elul. Zhitomir: R. Avraham Shalom Shadov, 1866. Not listed in the NLI catalog.
Eleven booklets. 14-16 cm. Condition varies. Stains. Wear and tears in various places. New bindings.
• Techinah Shabbat. Zhitomir: Shapira Brothers, 1857.
• Techinah for Rosh Chodesh Bentschen, Sarah, Rivka, Rachel, Leah. Zhitomir: Shapira Brothers, 1858. Not listed in the NLI catalog.
• Techinah Bakashah (to be recited upon arriving at the synagogue). Zhitomir: Shapira Brothers, 1861. Greenish paper. Leaves bound out of order (pagination skips page numbers 23-24, book appears to be complete). Not listed in the NLI catalog.
• Techinah Imahot. Zhitomir: Shapira Brothers, 1861. Greenish paper. Not listed in the NLI catalog.
• Techinot Mikra Kodesh, supplications for the blessing of the new month, with the times of the Moladot of each month. Zhitomir: Shapira Brothers, 1862. Lists of Moladot for 1862-1867, with Yiddish text to be recited in the synagogue. Incomplete copy. 34 pages (lacking pages 35-45). The copy recorded in the NLI catalog is lacking the title page.
• Techinah Kodem HaTefillah. Zhitomir: R. Aryeh Leib Shapira, 1863. Not listed in the NLI catalog.
• Techinah Birchot HaNerot, order of candle lighting for women, with supplications for the High Holidays and the three festivals, by R. "Yisrael G.B. [Goldberger] of Ivnytsia". Zhitomir: [Shapira], 1864. Open tears, affecting text.
• Techinah Kol Bechiot, brought from Eretz Israel, by Mrs. Henna daughter of Yehuda. Zhitomir: R. Aryeh Leib Shapira, 1864. Not listed in the NLI catalog.
• Techinah Imrei Shefer, six new supplications for various special times, by R. Yisrael G.B. [Goldberger] of Ivnytsia. Zhitomir: R. Aryeh Leib Shapira, 1864. Not listed in the NLI catalog. Large open tears (in a few places, with loss to almost half the leaf), affecting text with loss. May be lacking one leaf or more.
• Prager Techinah. Zhitomir: R. Aryeh Leib Shapira, 1864. 16 leaves. Lacking end. Not listed in the NLI catalog.
• Techinah Imahot for Rosh Chodesh Elul. Zhitomir: R. Avraham Shalom Shadov, 1866. Not listed in the NLI catalog.
Eleven booklets. 14-16 cm. Condition varies. Stains. Wear and tears in various places. New bindings.
Books Printed in Slavita and Zhitomir
Books Printed in Slavita and Zhitomir