Auction 85 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Gefen Yechidit – Hanau, 1717 – Lamentation for Those Murdered and Taken Captive in Podolia – Miniature Book

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Gefen Yechidit, on matters pertaining to ethics and fear of Heaven, by R. Ze'ev Wolf Walldürn, with Luach HaChaim – brief health guidelines. Hanau, [1717].
Miniature format. Both works are rhymed.
Gefen Yechidit includes several poems by the author, including a lamentation for those murdered and taken captive in Podolia, 1676 or 1677. The persecutions documented in this lamentation are not known from any other source, see: Sefer Podhajce, pp. 24-25.
36 leaves. 11 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Old binding.


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