Book of Tehillim with Metzudat David and Metzudat Zion, with a prayer for the evening of Hoshanah Rabbah. [Slavita, the printing press of Rabbi Shmuel Avraham Shapira, 1824?].
24-182 pages, (missing the beginning page [130] and page 144, 16 cm. Blue paper.
A Book of
Tehillim printed on the printing press of Slavita, which belonged to the righteous rabbis of the Shapira family. In the printing press of Slavita only holy books were printed, and the family had special behaviors and customs to ensure the holiness of the books they printed.
The Book of
Tehillim before us was printed in Slavita; however the title page and the beginning are missing, and it is impossible to be certain what year it was printed. It was probably printed in 1824 by Rabbi Shmuel Avraham Shapira, the son of Rabbi Moshe Shapira. This copy begins on page 24 (beginning of Chapter 22 of
Tehillim) until the end of
Tehillim , including the pages of the prayer for after saying
Tehillim and the prayer for the eve of Hoshanah Rabbah. It is possible that the
Tehillim was printed with
Seder Ma’amadot with a separate title page, refer to
Ginzei Yisrael 291.
New simple binding. Use stains and aging stains. A few restored moth holes. Moderate condition.