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 19:
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Sold for: $300
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(LITURGY).
Hachnasath LeBeth HaKevaroth [prayers at cemetery].
Miniature Hebrew manuscript written on thick paper in a square and cursive calligraphic Sephardic hand.
pp. 29. Lightly stained. Contemporary calf, rubbed. 24mo.
(Italy): circa 1800
This manuscript begins with the prayer Asher Yatzar Ethchem BaDin recited upon entering a cemetery to visit graves. Following which is Seder Tziduk HaDin, the text to be recited according to Sephardic custom while performing the hakafoth, and then the prayer Yoshev BeSehter Elyon, recited when accompanying the coffin for burial, ending with Kaddish Chadeta recited after burial.
