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Special Segulah for a Shidduch! Chupas Chasanim with the Famous Tefillah for a Zivug First Edition. Livorno, 1797 * “The gates of prayer have not been locked… I have placed here the prayer… to request a fitting and proper spouse” (from the words of the author introducing the prayer). A complete sefer dedicated to a chassan and kallah, containing tefillos, blessings, halachos of taharah, and hanhagos of kedushah, beginning from the closing of the shidduch, through kiddushin and sheva brachos, and continuing until a week after the wedding. Authored by the gaon Rabbi Raphael Meldola of Livorno, Rav of the Spanish community of London. At the end of his introduction, the author printed the famous prayer for a good shidduch: “May it be Your will… that You bring me my destined spouse at the right time… a worthy match that will bring forth offspring who are talmidei chachamim…” This tefillah is cited in Sefer Kitzur Shlah, where it states regarding its segulah: “One should first recite Mizmor 'Esa Einai El Heharim' in its entirety, and afterwards say this tefillah, and certainly Hashem will arrange his destined spouse.” In recent years, it has become a widespread segulah to recite this tefillah at the gravesite of the gaon Rabbi Raphael Meldola in the Old Spanish cemetery of London, who devoted himself to composing this unique sefer. Many have merited salvation and found their proper match with ease through saying this prayer. Rabbi Raphael Meldola, author of Chupas Chasanim (1754–1828) , was the grandson of Rabbi Raphael Meldola, author of Mayim Chaim. He received semichah from the Chida (whom he quotes several times in this sefer). He served as a dayan in Livorno and, in 1805, moved to London to head the Spanish community there, where he became one of the foremost leaders of Anglo-Jewry. For further discussion on the power of this tefillah at his gravesite, see Pe'alim LaTorah, vol. 3, p. 215. Livorno, 1797. First Edition. Page Count: [19], 88–113 leaves. Size : 15.3 cm. Condition : Good, with minor stains and tiny holes in the margins of several dozen leaves. Original leather binding; spine somewhat worn. Each page of the sefer is framed with an ornamental border around the text – a very unusual feature.