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Order of Prayer according to the Ashkenaz and Poland Rite. Metz, 1765 - Order of Prayer according to the Ashkenaz and Poland Rite. For weekdays, Sabbaths, festivals, the High Holy Days, Ḥanukkah and Purim, with Selihot and Psalms. Metz, printed by R. Moshe May, 1765. A substantial and comprehensive prayer book, including numerous additions, preserved here in complete condition. A rare siddur from the early period of printing in Metz, which, to the best of our knowledge, has never appeared at public auction. Includes the order of the Torah portions; the order of Sabbath customs and prayers for the conclusion of the Sabbath; prayers for the High Holy Days; Shir ha-Yiḥud; daily psalms; the rites of Ḥanukkah and Purim; Grace After Meals; various blessings; prayers for the sick and the deceased; Sabbath zemirot; Zulatot and Ma‘arivim; the order of Hoshanot; Yotserot; the prayer for the eve of Rosh Ḥodesh; Kerovetz for Purim and for the Ninth of Av; Selihot; Perek Shirah; and supplicatory prayers in Yiddish. Instructions are printed in Yiddish; the halakhic rulings in Hebrew, and at times also in Yiddish. With Psalms and Ma‘amadot, with a separate title page, and concluding with supplications in Yiddish. Collation: 70, 72–121; 34, 25–32; 28; 100; 46; 40; [2], 48; 34 leaves. Format: 20 cm. Condition: good to very good. Light age staining and very minor wormholes. Original leather binding.