Auction 8 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Berachot, Tefilot Uzemirot – Miniature Manuscript on Parchment – Budapest 1779

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Miniature manuscript, Tefilot Uzemirot, Budapest, Shevat, 1779.
Magnificent copy on parchment, in ritual calligraphy with illustrations, in black and red ink. On the (faded) title-page it is possible to read the this "Hash…" was written for Rabbi Nathan Shatz the Chazan in Old Ovin, by the sofer Itzek Hersch.
The volume contains: Zemirot for Leil Shabat, Yehi Ratzon said after reading the Torah and the prayer "Acheinu". Birkat Ha-Mazon (page missing at the beginning of birkat ha-mazon). Kiddush Levanah, lighting of Chanuka candles, shir shel yom, seder pidion ha-ben, seder shinuy ha-shem, seder eiruvei tavshilin and a prayer for rain (to be said in sh'ma koleinu).
Instructions in Yiddish Deutsch.
18 leaves, 10.3 cm. Good condition. Part of the ink very faded. At least 2 leaves are missing (in Birkat Ha-Mazon and Kiddush Levanah). Ancient leather binding. Before title-page a few leaves were bound out of place. Contained in a handsome cardboard box.
Manuscripts and Printed Parchments
Manuscripts and Printed Parchments