Auction 49 Part I - Books, Chassidism, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Manuscript, Kabbalistic Machzor for Rosh Hashanah Eve – Italy, 19th Century
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,063
Including buyer's premium
Manuscript, machzor for Rosh Hashanah eve, with Kabbalistic kavanot and prayers. [Italy, 19th century]. Square writing, vowelized. Drawing of a gate frames the first leaf, nothing written inside. Contains a tikun to say on the first night of Rosh Hashanah with prayers and Piyyutim including a prayer to recite before saying Tehillim, a prayer based on the ten sefirot and on the Name of the Keter; "A sharp poem in clear language…written by the G-dly man…the Kabbalist Rabbi Moshe Zakuta of the capital city of Venice…"; Mesirat Moda'a (announcing) – Because at the time a person's soul leaves his body, the Satan tells him to deny the G-d of Israel, therefore one must pray in advance…"; Ma'ase Avraham Avinu (to recite on the first night); Ma'ase Yitzchak Avinu (to say on the second night); etc. [76] leaves. Heavy high-quality paper. 21 cm. Good condition. Stains. Contemporary leather binding, with gilt embossment and owner's initials: A.V.
Italian Jewry – Manuscripts, Glosses and Printed Items
Italian Jewry – Manuscripts, Glosses and Printed Items