Auction 96 Early Printed Books, Chassidut and Kabbalah, Books Printed in Jerusalem, Letters and Manuscripts
Chazanut and Prayers – Assorted Collection of Paper Items – Eretz Israel, Europe and United States, Mid-19th to Mid-20th Century
Assorted collection of paper items on concerts, Chazanut performances and festival and high holiday prayers. Eretz Israel, Europe, United States and more [1862-1959]. Hebrew, Yiddish, English, German and Polish.
28 printed items. • Title page (color lithograph) of a booklet of tunes for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur prayers by Yosef Goldstein, head cantor of the Stadttempel of Vienna (Berlin, 1862). • Two entry tickets (one for men and one for women) to the dedication of the Beit Tefillat Yisrael synagogue in Mainz (May 26, 1879). • Eighteen tickets to a Chazanut concert of Yossele Rosenblatt, which was to take place on June 21, 1933; however, Rosenblatt passed away at the age of 51 two days earlier (the tickets are unused). • Ten entry tickets to high holiday prayers in various synagogues in New York, with the participation of famous cantors – Reuven Rosenblit, Anshel Konzak, Shimon Derdik and Leon Kortili. • Ticket to Rosh Hashanah prayers in the Great Synagogue of Warsaw, 1937. • Ticket to festive prayer in the hall of the Meah Shearim yeshiva, with participation of cantor Yisrael Stockhammer, Shabbat Shirah 1948. • Visiting card of cantor Moshe Zuckerman. • Ticket of Yeniköy Synagogue in Istanbul. • Notice on a Chazanut performance by prodigy Manessl Nürnberger of Vilna – Frankfurt 1931. • And more.
28 paper items. Varying size and condition. Overall good condition. Inscriptions, postage stamps and ink stamps on some cards.