Auction 30 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Sod Hashem – Mantua, 1743 / Handwritten Circumcision Record-Book – Morocco

Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Sod Hashem, prayers and teachings, laws and customs of circumcision, by Rabbi David of Lida. Mantua, [1743]. With intentions for circumcision and its blessings by Rabbi Moshe Zakut – the Ramaz, and a kabalistic prayer prior to circumcision.
Bound with: handwritten pinkas mohel (circumcision record-book). More than 100 names entered in Oriental handwriting, from 1891-1909. The first page has an inscription in another handwriting: "Said Meir Ochana, it is obvious to me that all these inscriptions are handwritten by Rabbi Masud Ebn David and Yosef…" [Rabbi Masud ben David and Yosef, a scholar of Safi Morocco, his signature is among rabbis' signatures who gave approbations to the book VaYishma Shaul by Rabbi Shaul Nachmias. Tunisia, 1909.
Owner's stamps "Meir Ochana - Safi".
27, [1] leaf. 16.5 cm. Good condition, stains.
Circumcision Record-Books ("Pinkas Mohel")
Circumcision Record-Books ("Pinkas Mohel")