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Ten Important and Rare Books from Jerusalem - a. A calendar to establish the years and 14 ways of establishing simple and leap years until the end of the 6th millennium (from the creation of the world) and moladot and tekufot, with a calendar to know the minute of daybreak and sunrise, midday and midnight. Edited and published by Rabbi Shlomo Moussaieff. Jerusalem, 1894. 28 leaves. b. Tza'akat Bnei Yisrael – Selichot and prayers for complete repentance, confession and charity, according to the kavanot of the Ari, Rabbi Chaim Vital and the Rashash. Arranged and published by the Kabbalists of Jerusalem. Jerusalem, 1910. First edition. (2), 31 leaves. Without the cover. c. Tza'akat Bnei Yisrael – sayings from the Talmud, midrash and Zohar encouraging repentance, selichot and prayers. Jerusalem, 1911. (8), 44, (1) leaves. d. Bnei Avraham – Morals and laws and straightforward behavior, by Rabbi Kalfon Moshe HaCohen the Chief Rabbi of Djerba. Jerusalem, 1905, single edition. e. Tefillah L'Moshe – a prayer established by Rabbi Moshe Sofer in Pressburg during the cholera epidemic in Europe in 1832. With various additions, and this is what the publisher wrote on the title page: ”I found this prayer…in an old prayer book which cannot be found, and I came to print it here in the city of Pressburg, and I asked permission from Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Biniyamin Zev Sofer and he allowed me to print the prayer of the Chatam Sofer as well”. Jerusalem, 1903. First edition. The publisher: Anshil Hershel Meshuran. 10 leaves. Without binding. f. Aderet Eliyahu – Prayers. Jerusalem, 1891. 18 leaves. g. Remazim and Numerical Values and Morals, in prayers and the commandments of the holy Jewish nation, by Rabbi Matatya Menachem Cohen. Jerusalem, 1928. h. Mazkeret HaYovel – words of admirations and respect in honor of the religious Israeli poet and author Mr. Yosef Zvi Rimon on the twenty fifth anniversary of his poems and books. Jerusalem, 1937. Published by Pinchas ben Zvi Grayevski. i. A booklet of the laws of Challah and the laws of Ever Min HaChai, by Rabbi Yisrael Modoveska. Jerusalem, 1929. j. Kavod Yerushalayim – responsa, part one, with the short version of the book ”HeTemchicha B'Eretz HaKodesh” which discusses the obligation of the residents of the Diaspora to support their brethren the inhabitants of Israel. By Rabbi Avraham Mordechai HaLevi Ish Horowitz. At the beginning of the book is a halachic responsum by Rabbi Shlomo Eliezer Shlomo Eliezer Alfandari. Jerusalem, 1930. First edition. Additional cover title page. Condition: Good general condition.