Auction 27 Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
Nov 6, 2012 (Your local time)
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LOT 41:

One Hundred Blessings – Amsterdam, 1687

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One Hundred Blessings, Orden de Benediciones. [Amsterdam, 1687]. Miniature book. Incomplete copy.
Birkot HaMitzvot and Birkot HaNehenin, many prayers for various times and needs, some laws, with Spanish translation [page facing page, parallel numbering]. Includes Seder Shel Pesach (Haggadah), calendars and charts for calculating tekufot and festivals, poems, laws of shechita [in Spanish], the order of the weekly Torah portions and a chronological list of events in the history of the Jews until the Cossack massacres in 1648-1649 [in Spanish].
On pages 300-303, is the version of the "hashkava" of those burnt in sanctification of Hashem's name: "The great, mighty, awesome G-d should avenge the blood of his servant (Ploni) who was burnt in sanctification of His Holy name and with His Mighty Arm should demand his blood from his enemies…".
A copy missing the beginning. 38-303, 39-304 pages (total of leaves missing: 49 at the beginning of the book, and approximately 5 additional leaves); 54, [11], 7, [20], pages. 12 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, several tears. Detached binding and leaves.

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