Auction 1 Rare and Prestigious Items
Mar 19, 2018 (Your local time)
Israel
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LOT 67:

Booklet of Sermons on the Haftarot – Author's Autograph – Germany [Mainz?], 1722

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Sermons on the Haftarot handwritten by their author. He had delivered the sermons during the years 1821-1822.
Eight leaves, which constitute the end of the complete composition. The leaves are numbered (in Hebrew letters): 77-84. Written on both their sides. The composition has never been printed.
The author refers to many books of Darshanut and Kabbalah, including the Zohar. In many places, he uses Gematria and acronyms. He writes many things about future redemption and the obligation to pray for the end of the exile.
On leaf 82, the writer introduces novellae by Rabbi Avraham Naftali Sheir, author of 'Tor Ha'Zahav' and the rabbi of Meinz. Novellae by him also appears in another place in the manuscript. 
The author's identity is unknown. However, according to the books and rabbis the author refers to in his composition, he most likely lived in Mainz, Germany. According to the dates of the sermons, the manuscript before us was written in 1722.
Tiny, orderly, readable script. Approximately fifty lines per page.
Size of page: 20 cm.
Condition: Very Good. Some leaves are attached to each other.

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