Auction 19 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
Shefer Kriyat Shema - Salonika, 1755
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Shefer Kriyat Shema, "to approve and support the customג€¦ of the Corfu congregationג€¦ of reciting the Shema in a musical tune and melodyג€¦", by Rabbi Benveniste Mirkado Gatenu. Salonika, [1755].
Pertaining to a dispute which erupted in the Corfu congregation regarding the custom of reciting the Shema according to musical notes accompanied with a choir; this spurred a polemic and many of the scholars of the generation were called to express their opinion. (For additional information about this affair: Anthology VIII, p. 366-367). Approbations and rulings by many rabbis, including scholars of Jerusalem such as Rabbi Raphael Yitzchak Zerachia Azulai - father of the Chida, Rabbi Ya'akov Algazi and others.
[1], 32, [3] leaves. 19 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Restored tears with omission on last leaf and on leaves 23-24, 31-32.
Pertaining to a dispute which erupted in the Corfu congregation regarding the custom of reciting the Shema according to musical notes accompanied with a choir; this spurred a polemic and many of the scholars of the generation were called to express their opinion. (For additional information about this affair: Anthology VIII, p. 366-367). Approbations and rulings by many rabbis, including scholars of Jerusalem such as Rabbi Raphael Yitzchak Zerachia Azulai - father of the Chida, Rabbi Ya'akov Algazi and others.
[1], 32, [3] leaves. 19 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Restored tears with omission on last leaf and on leaves 23-24, 31-32.
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