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Auction 30 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 6, 2013
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,125
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Sefer Sod HaShem, prayers and explanations on commandment of circumcision. Rabbi David of Lida. Amsterdam, [1709]. Second edition. * Bound with manuscript, Pinkas Mohel [circumcision record-book]. [Germany, 1808-1850].
Contains 156 listings of circumcisions between 1808-1850. Hundreds of names and family details pertaining to Jewish families throughout cities of Southern Germany [names include: Weil, Lehmann, Bloch, Bomsel, Levi, Rothschild and others].
32 leaves + [54] handwritten pages. Good condition, stains. Fine leather binding. Includes matching leather case.
Contains 156 listings of circumcisions between 1808-1850. Hundreds of names and family details pertaining to Jewish families throughout cities of Southern Germany [names include: Weil, Lehmann, Bloch, Bomsel, Levi, Rothschild and others].
32 leaves + [54] handwritten pages. Good condition, stains. Fine leather binding. Includes matching leather case.
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Auction 30 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 6, 2013
Opening: $600
Sold for: $1,125
Including buyer's premium
Sefer Sod HaShem, prayers and explanations on commandment of circumcision. Rabbi David of Lida. Vienna, 1814. * Bound with manuscript, Pinkas Mohel [circumcision record-book]. [Germany, 1832-1857].
The circumcision record-book of the Gudensberg community and its region contains notations of 175 circumcisions which he performed between 1832-1857, in Gudensberg and other cities throughout Germany. The circumciser was a disciple of rabbi of the city, Rabbi Mordechai Wetzlar (first circumcision in the notepad is of one of Rabbi Mordechai Wetzlar’s sons). The name of the owner is imprinted upon the leather binding.
Hundreds of names listed throughout notepad including rabbis and family members of distinguished lineage of Orthodox Jews of Germany [names include: Wertheim, Posen, Emrich, Elias, Adler, Bloch, Spier, Fried, Rothschild, Goldschmidt and others].
32 leaves + [57] handwritten pages. Good condition, stains. Fine leather binding.
The circumcision record-book of the Gudensberg community and its region contains notations of 175 circumcisions which he performed between 1832-1857, in Gudensberg and other cities throughout Germany. The circumciser was a disciple of rabbi of the city, Rabbi Mordechai Wetzlar (first circumcision in the notepad is of one of Rabbi Mordechai Wetzlar’s sons). The name of the owner is imprinted upon the leather binding.
Hundreds of names listed throughout notepad including rabbis and family members of distinguished lineage of Orthodox Jews of Germany [names include: Wertheim, Posen, Emrich, Elias, Adler, Bloch, Spier, Fried, Rothschild, Goldschmidt and others].
32 leaves + [57] handwritten pages. Good condition, stains. Fine leather binding.
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Auction 30 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 6, 2013
Opening: $200
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Sod Hashem, prayers, laws, and customs of circumcision, by Rabbi David of Lida. Vienna, 1837.
*Bound with: pinkas mohel [R' Lazi Stern?]. 29 entries of circumcisions. From 1851-1861. Hebrew, Yiddish-Deitsch and German. [Austria?]. Mention of families: Shvitzer, Hoffman, Tzvibach, etc.
36 leaves + [7] handwritten pages. 17 cm. Good condition, stains. Original binding, worn.
*Bound with: pinkas mohel [R' Lazi Stern?]. 29 entries of circumcisions. From 1851-1861. Hebrew, Yiddish-Deitsch and German. [Austria?]. Mention of families: Shvitzer, Hoffman, Tzvibach, etc.
36 leaves + [7] handwritten pages. 17 cm. Good condition, stains. Original binding, worn.
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Auction 30 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 6, 2013
Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,625
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Manuscript, circumcision record-book of Mohel Rabbi Meir Hanover [Baden region, Germany].
Has 839 entries of circumcisions, from 1821-1868, of Jews from Richen in the Baden region [apparently where the mohel resided] and surrounding communities: Stebbach, Gemmingen, Ittlingen, Massenbach, Eppingen, etc.
According to a late inscription on the cover leaf, the Mohel Rabbi Meir son of Moshe Hanover, was born in 1805 and died in 1887.
At the beginning of the notebook, the mohel added an alphabetic index of names.
[41], 183, [1] page. 15 cm. Good condition, stains, light wear. Some loose leaves. Worn binding.
Has 839 entries of circumcisions, from 1821-1868, of Jews from Richen in the Baden region [apparently where the mohel resided] and surrounding communities: Stebbach, Gemmingen, Ittlingen, Massenbach, Eppingen, etc.
According to a late inscription on the cover leaf, the Mohel Rabbi Meir son of Moshe Hanover, was born in 1805 and died in 1887.
At the beginning of the notebook, the mohel added an alphabetic index of names.
[41], 183, [1] page. 15 cm. Good condition, stains, light wear. Some loose leaves. Worn binding.
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Auction 30 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 6, 2013
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Sod Hashem, prayers and teachings, laws and customs of circumcision, by Rabbi David of Lida. Mantua, [1743]. With intentions for circumcision and its blessings by Rabbi Moshe Zakut – the Ramaz, and a kabalistic prayer prior to circumcision.
Bound with: handwritten pinkas mohel (circumcision record-book). More than 100 names entered in Oriental handwriting, from 1891-1909. The first page has an inscription in another handwriting: "Said Meir Ochana, it is obvious to me that all these inscriptions are handwritten by Rabbi Masud Ebn David and Yosef…" [Rabbi Masud ben David and Yosef, a scholar of Safi Morocco, his signature is among rabbis' signatures who gave approbations to the book VaYishma Shaul by Rabbi Shaul Nachmias. Tunisia, 1909.
Owner's stamps "Meir Ochana - Safi".
27, [1] leaf. 16.5 cm. Good condition, stains.
Bound with: handwritten pinkas mohel (circumcision record-book). More than 100 names entered in Oriental handwriting, from 1891-1909. The first page has an inscription in another handwriting: "Said Meir Ochana, it is obvious to me that all these inscriptions are handwritten by Rabbi Masud Ebn David and Yosef…" [Rabbi Masud ben David and Yosef, a scholar of Safi Morocco, his signature is among rabbis' signatures who gave approbations to the book VaYishma Shaul by Rabbi Shaul Nachmias. Tunisia, 1909.
Owner's stamps "Meir Ochana - Safi".
27, [1] leaf. 16.5 cm. Good condition, stains.
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Auction 30 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 6, 2013
Opening: $200
Sold for: $350
Including buyer's premium
Manuscript, verses and blessing to be said at a circumcision (Brit Milah). [Germany?, beginning of 20th century].
Verses of VeCharot Imo HaBrit from the song said at the Red Sea, concluding with the verse of Shma Yisrael, the blessing that the father makes at the time of the Brit Milah, and the blessing "Just as he entered the brit…".
Handsome scribal writing on thick paper. The text is written with alternating black and red ink, to differentiate between that which is said by the mohel and that which is said by the sandek, according to the custom brought by the poskim.
* Attached is a typewritten leaf, with the version of the father's blessing in Latin letters.
[7] pages. 18.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Wine and use stains, ink spread in several places. Bound with cover, front protective leaf is detached.
Verses of VeCharot Imo HaBrit from the song said at the Red Sea, concluding with the verse of Shma Yisrael, the blessing that the father makes at the time of the Brit Milah, and the blessing "Just as he entered the brit…".
Handsome scribal writing on thick paper. The text is written with alternating black and red ink, to differentiate between that which is said by the mohel and that which is said by the sandek, according to the custom brought by the poskim.
* Attached is a typewritten leaf, with the version of the father's blessing in Latin letters.
[7] pages. 18.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Wine and use stains, ink spread in several places. Bound with cover, front protective leaf is detached.
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