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Bidding Information
Lot #    10315
Auction End Date    4/19/2005 2:50:00 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Seder Pitum Ha'Ketoret
Title (Hebrew)    סדר פטום הקטרת
Author    [Kabbalah - Liturgy]
City    [Venice]
Publication Date    [1794]
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    4 ff., 185:117 mm., usual age staining. A near fine copy bound in the original paper wrappers. Printed without title page.
          
Detailed
Description		    Kabbalistic prayers for the eve of the preceeding the new month (Rosh Hodesh). The day has achieved importance among kabbalists, who observe it as a day of fast and repentance. It is called Yom Kippur Katan, a minor day of atonement. The custom of keeping Yom Kippur Katan began among the kabbalists of Safed in the second half of the 16th century and is first spoken of by R. Moses Cordovero. The waning of the moon was conceived by the kabbalists as a symbol of the exile of the Shekhinah ("Divine Presence") and the diminution of the power of holiness during the Exile, and its renewal as a symbol of the return to perfection in the age of Redemption. In addition to the reading of the Torah and other prayers and selihot, customary for a fast day, special selihot were written for the afternoon prayer (Minhah) of Yom Kippur Katan. They are based on the themes of Exile and Redemption. The special service Tikkun Yom Kippur Katan was first printed in Sha'arei Ziyyon (Prague, 1662) by Nathan Nata Hannover. Later it appeared in different versions and in special books which were very popular until the 19th century. The tikkun (special prayer) in Hemdat Yamin is particularly well known. The celebration of Yom Kippur Katan became widespread because of the many commendations by R. Isaiah b. Abraham Horowitz in Shenei Luhot ha-Berit. Later the custom became popular among the pious who observed this day as though it were sanctioned by halakhah without any connection with Kabbalah.
          
Paragraph 2    כולל שלשה פרקי תהלים, סדר פטום הקטרת "ואח"כ התרת קללות ומי שברך". תפילת "מי שברך" פותחת: מי שברך אבותינו הקדושים אברהם יצחק ויעקב ומשה ואהרון ויוסף ודוד ושלמה. וכל הקהלות הקדושות והטהורות. וכל הצדיקים והחסידים... הוא יברך בכללם את כל הקהל הקדוש והטהור הזה. אוצר השירה והפיוט, עמ' 128, מס' 1267. בלא שער. בראשי העמודים: פטום הקטרת.
          
Reference
Description		    Vinograd, Venice 2082; Yudlov, Mehlman Collection 267; EJ
        
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Listing Classification
Period
  
18th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Italy:    Checked
  
Subject
  
Kabbalah:    Checked
Liturgy:    Checked
  
Characteristic
Bindings:    Checked
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica