Auction 85 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Daily, Sabbath, Festival and occasional prayers, according to the ritual of the German and Polish Jews. London, 1880. Hebrew and English on facing pages.
Fine copy in elegant leather binding, presented as a bar mitzvah gift.
A piece of leather pasted on inside front board bears the following gilt inscription: "Presented to B. M. Benjamin, by Phillip Raphael, on the Occasion of His Bar Mitzvah, Adar the 6th 5645, February 21st 1885".
[5], 420, 420; 56, [2], XXXII pages. 18 cm. Good condition. Stains. Gilt edges. Gilt-decorated red leather binding. Damage and wear to binding. Bookplate.
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Keter Kehunah – Birkat Kohanim, Pidyon HaBen and Birkat HaMazon. Hamburg, 1881.
Pocket edition designed for Kohanim, containing two pertinent topics: Birkat Kohanim and Pidyon HaBen. With instructions and other sections in Yiddish. Fine title page (print hand-colored in shades of brown and gold), featuring priestly blessing hands. Original, gilt-embossed binding.
[1], 32 pages. 11 cm. Good condition. Stains. Original binding, damaged, without binding.
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Collection of booklets (12 printed and one handwritten) of the Birkat HaChamah service. [1897-1953].
13 booklets (including some duplicates):
• Manuscript, Birkat HaChamah service for 1897. [Persia, 1897]. [1] double leaf (3 written pages).
• Birkat HaChamah of 1925: booklets from Jerusalem, Frankfurt and Casablanca.
• Birkat HaChamah of 1953: booklets from Cairo, Bombay, Jerusalem and Casablanca.
See Hebrew description for full list of booklets.
13 booklets. Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.
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