Auction 92
Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Arts
Feb 18, 2021
USA
The Brooklyn Navy Yard Building 77, Suite 1108 141 Flushing Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11205
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LOT 4:
(CHEVRA KADISHA).
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Start price:
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2,500
Estimated price:
$3,000 - $5,000
Auction house commission: 25%
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(CHEVRA KADISHA).
Burial Society board with prayers for funeral.
Hebrew Manuscript written on paper, set behind glass, within thick wooden frame. Designed to be held aloft to accompany the mourners while walking toward the grave. Metal plaque attached.
Entire frame: 16 x 27 inches (40.5 x 68.5 cm).
Yos / Yas (Jassy, Iași, Rumania): c. 1890
Hebrew prayer for accompanying the dead to their grave, commencing: Hatzur tamim pa’alo ki chol derachav mishpat (“He is a Rock, His work is perfect” Deut. 32:4). The town of Jassy figures prominently in Jewish history, with the first documented presence of Jews to arrive there in the late 16th century. By the mid-19th century the city was at least one-third Jewish. Jassy was the home of both the first-ever Yiddish-language newspaper (Koros Ha’itim) and the first-ever professional Yiddish theater. According to the 1930 census, there were 127 synagogues in the town. Currently, Jassy has a Jewish population of some 300 and two operating synagogues, one of which, the 1671 Great Synagogue, is the oldest surviving synagogue in Romania.
