Book of Tehillim printed with close examination by Christopher Plantin in 1581 in the great city of Anvers [Antwerp]. Written on the title page: “Psalmi.”
Small format Tehillim, printed on its own and not as part of the Tana”ch. With vowelization and cantillation, and with text as read [קרי] and as written [כתיב]. Title page inside a beautiful border.
Rare book. The copy in the National Library is from the Valmadonna collection.
Rare early Tehillim in very fine condition.
[126] leaves, 11 cm. Original gilt leather binding. Very minimal aging stains.
Torah, Nevi’im, Ketuvim , Tikkun Sefer Torah , new – as never seen before. Amsterdam, Avraham Attias Press. 1732. Magnificent copy.
The first title page is illustrated with biblical pictures, and there are additional illustrated title pages for Early Prophets, Later Prophets, and Writings. This is a complete copy with all the leaves at the end: Verses to recite before and after Torah, Nevi’im and Ketuvim and the schedule for reading Torah, Nevi’im and Ketuvim each week in order to complete all of it each year.
Magnificent edition of the entire Tana”ch, and as written by Amsterdam rabbis in the introduction: “Every effort was made so that nothing is lacking, no expense was spared; wise and understanding proofreaders undertook this task … along with an elegant script using precise and illuminating letters on beautiful paper.
[1] 184: 284: 150 [6] leaves, 23 cm. leaf 148 in the last counting is missing. With wide margins and gilt page edges.
Very fine condition: Magnificent antique wood and leather binding with an embossed name: SARA TAVARES OSORIO.
Morning Selichot and also for Hoshana Rabba. Amsterdam, 1730.
Selichot per the custom of the Sephardim in Amsterdam, printed in a small format.
To the best of our knowledge, these have never been sold at auction.
Original leather binding.
36 leaves, 11 cm.
Fine condition: Aging stains. Very slight tears. Owner’s notations.
Machzor for the whole year per the Ashkenazic custom [ Maagalei Tzedek ] with commentary by Rabbi Binyamin son of Meir HaLevi, Parts I and II. Sabbioneta-Cremona, 1556-1560. Before us is Part II, which was printed in Cremona. Especially important machzor.
This machzor is known as the Machzor Maagalei Tzedek . The first part of the machzor was printed by Tuviah Foah in Sabbioneta, but the printing was stopped following the closure of Foah’s printshop, and its transfer to the Conti press in Cremona, where the machzor was completed.
[Regarding the progression of the printing of the two parts, and the importance of this machzor, see at length: Meir Benayahu, HaDefus HaIvri B’Cremona , Chapter Seven, pages 141-178.]
193-392 [1] leaves, 19 cm. Lacking leaf 196, there are copies with an additional leaf at the end with corrections.
Moderate condition. Reinforcements on the margins of the first six leaves. Some of the leaves are detached and added from a different copy. Aging stains, red page cuts, old binding, worn.
Seder Chamishah Taaniot per the Sephardic customs. Amsterdam, [1726].
Includes morning services and prayers for the 9th of Av. Leaves 111-115: haftarah for the 9th of Av with verse by verse Ladino translation.
Includes an illustrated frontispiece: an illustration of the destruction of Jerusalem and the text זכר לחורבן [a reminder of the destruction], on top of a picture of the Temple itself and the Hebrew verse: מקדש א-דני כוננו ידיך. Some copies do not have this frontispiece and not all the leaves at the start of the book.
[5], 138 leaves, illustrated frontispiece, 19 cm. Very fine condition. Old leather binding, the front cover is in disrepair.
Haftarot for the entire year per the Ashkenazic and Sephardic customs, with explanation of the words. Dyhernfurth, at the press of Yechiel Michel Maya, [1778]. Especially rare miniature edition.
The book is listed by the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book according to a copy in a private library, comprised of only 12 leaves. Not in the National Library. A similar book was printed in Dyhernfurth in 1785.
48 leaves, 12.5 cm. The title page bears the words “with explanation of the words,” though this commentary wasn’t printed.
Fine condition. Without binding. Aging stains.
Tanchumim service per the Ashkenazic custom, to recite after minchah during Elul in Trieste. Venice [Gad son of Yitzchak Foah Press] 1798. Rare.
Also including services for release from vows, release from curses, related notification and more. The printer’s device is printed on the margins of the title page. Bookplate of the Synagogue per the Roma Custom on the back of the binding.
25 [should be 26] leaves, 18 cm. Fine condition. New paper binding.
Derech Chaim. Various kabbalistic prayers and rectifications. Leghorn, [1801]. Second edition with additional prayers by the Chid”a. Rare.
Annulment of vows, tashlich, the long viduy (confession) and kabbalistic rectifications. The book was printed in Leghorn, where the Chid”a lived, during his lifetime. Some of the prayers mention his name. The back of the title page features ‘גזרת נחש’ by the Chid”a, an allegorical allusion to his name. The publisher, Rabbi Shmuel son of Moshe HaKohen, was a close associate of the Chid”a’s.
Refer to: M. Benayahu, Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azoulay (Jerusalem, 1959), p. 253-254.
34 leaves, 17 cm. Fine condition. Thick paper. Partially detached cardboard binding, aging stains.
Book of Psalms with Yiddish translation, Wolf Heidenheim press in Rodelheim, 1825. Especially rare.
Tehillim with Yiddish translation. Prayers for the ill and for rain at the conclusion.
Rabbi Wolf Heidenheim is renowned for the proofread books that he edited and printed. The title pages of his books all feature his name as proofreader and grammarian. This book of Psalms, printed in his lifetime, does not bear his name, though the title page notes that it was printed at his press. Rabbi Wolf did not usually omit his name from his books but, on the other hand, if this was printed at his press, he surely reviewed it punctiliously.
A Tehillim with Rabbi Wolf Heidenheim’s translation, that he printed in 1826, is known.
Especially rare, not listed by the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book and not found in the National Library. Listed in the Otzar HaSefer HaIvri according to a copy that was at auction in 1993.
92 pages, about 18 cm.
Fine condition. Not bound. Aging stains, leaf 2 bears a reinforcing piece of paper.
Siddur Orvrei Orach , including prayers for the entire year per the Ashkenazic custom, with the Passover haggadah and Psalms. Vilna, at the press of the widow and brothers Romm, 1889. Miniature, complete copy.
Two title pages, the second title page is detailed. Including tikkunei Shabbat and hymns for Shabbat and the following evening; An’im Zemirot, the sanctification of the new month and the counting of the Omer. With the Passover haggadah, hoshanot and selichot, and with Psalms. On pages 265-266 there is a chart of moladot for 1899-1891.
The Bibliography of the Hebrew book lists the siddur without the leaves of the Passover haggadah, the hoshanot, the selichot, and without the Psalms, this is the case with the copy in the National Library as well. However, “We have also added: the haggadah service, hoshanot, selichot” is written on the reverse of second title page. The copy before us also contains the Psalms supplement.
[4] 516: 140: 190 pages, 7 cm. Fine condition. Original leather binding, rubbed.
Shema Yisrael and verses to be recited as a person’s soul leaves his body. M. Lehrberger & Co. Press.
Roedelheim, 19th century. Rare, not listed in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book.
Two leaves of prayers for use by members of the Chevra Kadisha, pasted on a cloth binding with gold text: חברא קדישא ק”ק פפד”מ [Chevra Kadisha of Frankfurt A.M.] Title at the top of the pages: שמות.
2 leaves, paper. 17×10.5 cm. Hebrew and Yiddish.
Fine condition. Light creases and tears.
1-2. Machzor L’Rosh HaShanah V’LYom Kippur per the Sephardic customs, with instructions in Ladino. Jerusalem, Zukerman press, [1911-1914]. Two volumes.
Rosh HaShanah: [4], 168 leaves. Yom Kippur: [1] 282 leaves, approximately 21 cm. The Rosh HaShanah section features an introduction in Ladino and the “Achot Ketanah” piyut in Ladino. Throughout both prayer books there are commentaries and instructions in Ladino. The section for Rosh HaShanah was printed three years after the Yom Kippur section, and both sections were printed in a similar format. Two similar bindings [original half-leather] with embossed name: Emanuel Moshe Shaltiel. Fine condition.
3. Avodat HaShanah prayer book, including prayers for the entire year with compiled halachahs and instructions in Ladino. Belgrade, 1904. Ethics of the Fathers with commentary in Ladino. Includes an addendum printed later, with letters of praise from rabbis.
[p. 17-24 after p. 15, [1]] This supplement does not appear in all copies. 15, [1], 24-17, 464, 112 pages. 20 cm. Fine condition. Minimal aging stains.
* Shirei Renanot [hymns] for the holidays, Shabbat, weddings, circumcision, and yehi ratzon for the removal of the Sefer Torah [from the ark] on festivals, Rosh HaShanah, Kippur, and Rosh Chodesh … by Shalom Yosef Penaker. Bombay [1879].
216 hymns and prayers per Cochin community customs. Printed by Shalom Yosef Penaker, custodian of the Sha’ar HaShamayim synagogue. Lithograph with vowelized letters. Includes an additional title page in Marathi. Although the title page records the book’s year of printing as 1874, the year 1879 was determined according to Ya’ari, HaDefus HaIvri B’Artzot HaMizrach , section two, page 74, no. 101. There, Ya’ari writes that leaves of errata were printed for the book in 1880; and the book before us contains three leaves of errata.
[6], 139 leaves. 17 cm. Additional [3] leaves. Lithograph. Moderate condition. Tears, some of which are reinforced with pasted paper. Detached leaves.
* The Propitiatory Prayer, the Remission of Vows, and the Prayer Offered on the Sea Shore . With Marathi translation. Bombay, 1891.
Selichot and Birkot HaShachar with Marathi translation on facing pages. Part two contains hatarat nedarim with a partial title-page, and seder tashlich per the kabbalah.
[4] pages. 54: 22 leaves, 20 cm. Hebrew and Marathi. Ya’ari, HaDefus HaIvri B’Bombay 118. Fine condition.
