Auction 99 Part 2 Rare and Important Items
Siddur Kavanot HaAri – Chesed LeAvraham – Mantua, 1783
Opening: $1,200
Estimate: $1,800 - $2,500
Sold for: $1,500
Including buyer's premium
Chesed LeAvraham – Kavanot HaAri siddur, weekday, Shabbat and Rosh Chodesh prayers, from the writings of the Arizal. Mantua: Eliezer Shlomo of Italy, [1783].
Fine copy, printed on thin, high-quality paper.
Siddur with commentary, practices and detailed kavanot, compiled by the kabbalist R. Avraham Tubiana of Algiers, based on the writings of the Arizal and his disciples.
Apart from the prayers, the book includes: HaShulchan HaTahor (order of meal with Birkat HaMazon), Tikun Ot HaBrit (bedtime reading of Shema), Kol Bochim (Tikun Chatzot), Tikun HaYom (with Pidyon Nefesh, Mishpat Mavet, Seder Levayah and Birkat Nisuin); Tikun for plague; and more.
[1], 140 leaves. Approx. 22 cm. Good condition. Stains. Small marginal tears and open tears to several leaves. Minute worming to several leaves, slightly affecting text. Rubbing to erase stamp on title page. New binding.
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