Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Order of Hatarat Nedarim UKelalot - First Book Published for Bukharan Jewry - Russia, 1820

Opening: $400
Sold for: $688
Including buyer's premium
Order of Hatarat Nedarim UKelalot (annulment of vows and curses), various declarations and the order of Tashlich, according to the rite of the pious men of Jerusalem; prepared for Bukharan Jewry. [Russia, 1820].
This book (originally printed together with Selichot), is the first book printed specially for Bukharan Jewry. The book was printed in Russia, by the first rabbi of Bukhara, R. Pinchas son of R. Yitzchak HaKohen (known as "R. Yitzchak HaGadol"). The order of Hatarat Nedarim UKelalot and other prayers were printed according to "the rite of the pious men of Jerusalem", based on the text found in the book Derech HaChaim (Livorno, 1790), published by the emissary of Jerusalem, R. Yaakov Moshe Ayash.
25 leaves. 17.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Dark stains. Light wear. Tears and damage to final leaf, slightly affecting text. Handwritten inscriptions on title page and final leaf. A small piece of paper pasted upon title page. New leather binding.
Regarding Bukharan Jewry and their books, and the presumed place of printing of this book, see: A. Yaari, Kiryat Sefer, 18, 1941-1942, pp. 381, 388, no. 1; A. Yaari, Sheluchei Eretz Israel, Jerusalem 1951, pp. 125-126.
The NLI catalog lists Shklow as the supposed place of printing of the book.
Siddurim, Machzorim and Prayer Books
Siddurim, Machzorim and Prayer Books