Sod Hashem - with Sharvit HaZahav, Seder Brit Milah with laws and commentaries, by R. David of Lida. Vienna, 1837.
Pocket edition, width greater than length. Originally bound with many blank leaves, allocating space for mohels to enter circumcisions which they perform. These leaves have been filled with a handwritten record of about 230 circumcisions which were performed in villages and towns near the city of Galanta (Slovakia) during 1843-1871 by the mohel who owned the ledger. Besides the cities of Galanta, Dunaszerdahely and Šaľa, names of many other places are mentioned in the ledger as well as hundreds of names and genealogical details.
The leaf preceding the title page bears the signature of the mohel: "Hershel Zalman from Diakovce" (near Galanta).
65 leaves + [41] handwritten leaves. Height: 9 cm. Width: 11 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor wear. Contemporary leather binding, damaged and partially detached.