Sefer Sod HaShem, prayers and explanations on commandment of circumcision. Rabbi David of Lida. Vienna, 1814. * Bound with manuscript, Pinkas Mohel [circumcision record-book]. [Germany, 1832-1857].
The circumcision record-book of the Gudensberg community and its region contains notations of 175 circumcisions which he performed between 1832-1857, in Gudensberg and other cities throughout Germany. The circumciser was a disciple of rabbi of the city, Rabbi Mordechai Wetzlar (first circumcision in the notepad is of one of Rabbi Mordechai Wetzlar’s sons). The name of the owner is imprinted upon the leather binding.
Hundreds of names listed throughout notepad including rabbis and family members of distinguished lineage of Orthodox Jews of Germany [names include: Wertheim, Posen, Emrich, Elias, Adler, Bloch, Spier, Fried, Rothschild, Goldschmidt and others].
32 leaves + [57] handwritten pages. Good condition, stains. Fine leather binding.