Auction 8 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Purim and Pesach – Four Booklets

Opening: $600
Sold for: $813
Including buyer's premium
1. Haggada Le'leil Shikurim, Rabbi Zvi Hirsh Zomerhoizen. Hamburg 1842. "To enhance the joy of Purim". A parody in the style of the Pesach Haggada with "Echad Mi Yode'a", "Chad Gadya" etc.
2-3. Purim Tractate of the Shikorim (drunken) Talmud, including Pirsha and Tosfot Merube and Mahasha commentaries; a Haggada for the night of drinking by an expert on the science of drinking, a descendant of wine; Selichot for Purim by one of the elderly Rabbis. Lemberg 1845. Bound with: Kol Bo Purim, including Drunkards Responsa by Rabbi Avraham Menahem Mendel Morr. Lemberg 1855.
4. Leil Shimurim, Rabbi Chaim Yoseph Chutshner. Breslau 1884. "This book is capable of saving anyone who reads it from harmful demons…". For Erev Pesach. Varying size and condition.
Pesach and Purim
Pesach and Purim