Selichot per the custom of Poland, Pihem, Mehrin, Österreich … with German commentary, in Tze’enah U’Re’enah lettering.
Leaves 164-167 – Selichot for bladder patients.
168 leaves, 20 cm.
Unbound. Fine-very fine condition.
A prayer offered by the Jewish community for Sir Moses Montefiore whose generous heart urges him to undertake a far distance journey in aid of our afflicted and persecuted brethren of the house of Israel, may the Lord protect him!
Prayer printed on the occasion of Moshe Montefiore’s trip to assist Syrian Jewry during the Damascus Blood Libel.
[3] pages, 21 cm, Hebrew and English. Very fine condition.
Machzor per the custom of the Askenazim and Poland, Pihem, Mehrin and the other countries … with the Hadrat Kodesh commentary in German … teitch in Tze’enah U’Re’enah letters. Part I for Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur.
With an enthusiastic approbation from the author of Chacham Tzvi , who writes about the virtues of the commentary in “Ivri Teitch.”
26, 294 leaves, 24 cm. Printed on thick paper.
Fine condition.
Formulario… delle preghiere pei(!) cinque digiuni … dell’anno ad uso degli Israeliti Portoghesi e Spagnoli. Traduzione dall’Ebraico di D.V. Tedesco da Venezia…
Hebrew and Italian on facing pages.
248 leaves, 17 cm.
Fine-very fine condition. Blemished binding.
Machzor per the custom of … Italian Jews … printed in memory of the disciple Moshe Asher son of Rabbi Meir de Zara. Part II.
Part of the title page is in red ink. Lacking the leaf before the title page. 18 leaves are added for the weekly readings at Shabbat Minchah.
This machzor is listed by the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book according to a copy in the Italian Synagogue in Jerusalem.
There is a beautiful inscription on the flyleaf upon the birth of a son seven months after his father’s passing.
[1] 274: 18 leaves, approximately 16 cm.
Vavei HaAmudim . Chumash in the format of Tikkun Sofrim , as written in a Torah scroll.
With many supplements per the mesorah. Thick volume, with half-title page for each chumash.
Semi-leather binding. Aging stains. Very fine condition.
Sephardic machzor for the high holidays and Selichot service for Leilei Ashmorot. Amsterdam, 1740 [chronogram: ת’ק’עו בחדש שופר]. Miniature. Incomplete copy.
Beautiful miniature. The copy before us includes prayers for Rosh HaShanah through leaf 157.
8.5 cm. Decorative leather binding (slightly blemished). Fine-very fine condition.
BeShir V’Kol Todah : gezangen, Lofzeggingen en gebeden voor Vrijdagavond en Zaterdagavond, vertaald en van aantekeningen voorzien / door B.J. Katan met een Muziekbijlage van L.D. Staal
Very fine condition.
Perek Shirah: Eighteenth-century illuminated Hebrew book of praise / Malachi Beit-Arié, Jeremy chonfield, Emile Schrijver. edited by Jeremy Schonfield. Facsimile edition in Hebrew with Yiddish translation: The collection of the British Museum, Oriental Mil. 12983.
An additional accompanying volume to the facsimile edition, with an introduction and English translation of the text.
Numbered edition, copy no. 40 of 450.
Two small volumes, 14 cm. In a matching case.
Very fine condition.
Machzor for Shavuot according to the custom of Poland, well examined and elegantly beautiful, correct and arranged from old prints. Printed and published by Tzvi Bar Michael London 5612.
160 pp, 23 cm. Magnificent binding with a gilt impression of the owner’s name – B.K. on the spine and front binding.
Fine condition, slightly worn spine, the margins of the binding are worn and the front binding is partially detached.
Deutsches Gebetbuch für die israelitische Jugend , edited by Oskar Waldeck and [by] Adolf Brüll
Sheet music.
140 pp. 14 cm. Original binding with gilt impressions.
Very fine condition.
Machzor for the first and second days of Shavu’ot per the custom of Ashkenaz and Poland.
176, 8 leaves, 20 cm.
Fine-very fine condition, aging stains.
Refer to the Hebrew text for a list of the machzorim.
Various sizes, overall fine condition.
Machzorim for the three pilgrimage festivals, published by the well-known Rödelheim publishing house, with a elegant red semi-leather binding.
* Machzor for the first and second days of Passover, Rödelheim 1860.
* Machzor for Shavuot, Rödelheim 1859.
Machzor for Sukkot and Shemini Atzeret, Rödelheim 1859.
19.5 cm.
Very fine condition, aging stains.
Seder Tefillah L’Ta’anit per the Sephardic custom. Amsterdam, 1726 [chronogram: שמואל הלך [ו]גדל [ו]טוב].
126 pp. 16 cm. Original binding with gilt imprint on the back of the binding with the owner’s initials and gilt imprint on the spine.
Fine condition, lacks and blemishes in the binding, aging stains.
Large leaf with prayer for Emperor Francis II’s success. Three Hebrew poems with Italian translation.
Rare item, unknown in the bibliographies.
42×63 cm.
Poor condition, many holes and lacks in the text, fold marks, restored.
Zamarei Yisrael : Including songs and praise for the king, songs of hope and hymns and hakafot for Simchat Torah … by Simeon Jacob Kharilker. Bombay Hebrew Publishing and Printing Press.
Additional title page in Marathi. Jacket cover, mainly in Marathi.
[4], 32 pp. 20 cm. The body of the book is in very fine condition. Blemishes in the first leaves.
* Machzor for Sukkot, Rödelheim, 1832.
* Machzor for the first and second days of Rosh HaShanah, Rödelheim, 1827.
* Machzor for Shavuot, Rödelheim, 1832.
* Machzor for the first and second days of Pesach, Rödelheim, 1832.
* Machzor for the first day of Rosh HaShanah, translated into German, Rödelheim, 1804.
* Siddur Safah Berurah, Rödelheim, 1860.
* Machzor for the first and second days of Rosh HaShanah, Rödelheim, 1853.
* Sefer Machzor Kattan for the high holidays per the Argyle custom, Livorno, 1878.
* Machzor for Sukkot, Rödelheim, 1832.
* Selichot service for the whole year per the Alsace custom, Rödelheim, 1838.
* Totza’ot Chaim, including all types of prayers and supplications to recite on behalf of the sick and the deceased, Rödelheim, 1872.
* Machzor for Yom Kippur, Rödelheim, 1884.
* Sefat Emet 21st edition, Rödelheim, 1933.
* Sefer Tehillim, Livorno, 1937.
* Sefer Kreiei Moed for the seventh night of Pesach, Livorno, 1951.
Overall fine condition.
Seder Minchah shel Shabbat . Photographs. Bukhara, 1940s. [22] photo pages, 12×8.5 cm. Original binding. Includes the Shabbat afternoon prayers with ‘karbanot’. Bukhara, like all other republics in the Soviet Union, suffered from a lack of prayer books. This was a creative solution: The pages of a prayer book were photographed, the film developed, and the photos were bound together as a book. Authentic memento from Jewish life in the Communist regime. Original, characteristic cardboard binding, with a vowelized Hebrew title: סדר מנחה של שבת.
Fine-very fine condition.
Machzor Shnot Chaim for Yom Kippur per the Sephardic custom. With prayers from the Ar”i’s writings … and from the book Chemdat Yamim , with glosses from Rabbi Chaim Moda’i ztzk”l and the laws in a foreign language [Ladino] … and some prayers by the Chid”a … with Sha’ar HaShamayim and Sheni BaKodesh … R’ Chaim Palagi.
Machzor for Yom Kippur with many supplements, in two volumes. Title page for each book. Rare book listed by the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book according to a private library. The copy in the National Library was recently received from the Valmadonna collection.
Some handwritten leaves were added to this volume, with various prayers and hymns.
Part I. Aravit and shacharit. [2] 150 leaves.
Part II. Mussaf, minchah and ne’ilah. [151]-266 leaves.
Two matching volumes. Aging stains. Fine-very fine condition.
Siddur Derech HaChaim with ‘Nehora HaShalem’ per Sephard custom. Lemberg, printed by Rabbi Avraham Yosef Madpis, in Slavuta lettering. 1855. Two parts.
The first title page is partially in red ink. On the final leaf: “Laws and customs as heard from … the rabbi, the gaon and tzaddik, the Av Beit Din of Botshash.
The siddur is not listed by the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book and is not found in the National Library.
[1] 220: 123 [1] leaf, additional title page for Part II. 21 cm.
Old leather binding. Fully complete. Fine-very fine condition.
Machzor for the whole year per the Italian custom with an introduction and commentary by the sage Shmuel David Luzzato [Shada”l]. Part I.
Machzor for weekdays, Shabbat, festivals and fasts. Printed at the beginning: Foreword to Machzor L’Bnei Roma’ by Shada”l, printed the same year also as a composition in its own right, and it is important to this day.
27 pp, 192 leaves. 21 cm. High-quality paper. Fine-very fine condition.
Publication for the Jews in the French Army during WWII; second edition of the siddur that was first published for WWI. The Hebrew section includes the principle prayers for weekdays, Shabbat, festivals and high holidays. Psalms for times of war, prayers for the sick, the deceased, and more. With instructions in French. In the foreign-language section, there is a French translation of the prayers and a Jewish-foreign calendar for 1940.
16 cm. Original cardboard binding with gilt imprint.
Very fine condition.
Beit El , including prayers, halachahs, customs and conduct by Rabbi Avraham Hamui. Livorno, 1878. First edition.
Eliyahu ben Amuzag Press.
Fine condition, original binding with a crumbling spine.
