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Bidding Information
Lot #    12390
Auction End Date    12/20/2005 10:22:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Tefillah Nekhonah
Title (Hebrew)    תפלה נכונה
Author    [Liturgy - Unrecorded]
City    Amsterdam
Publisher    Solomon Mendez Coitinov
Publication Date    1883
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    Only edition? [1] p., 255:141 mm., light age staining. Unrecorded in CD-EPI, no copy in major collections.
          
Detailed
Description		    Supplications for the speedy recovery of Jewish children suffering from disease and evil eyes. Instructions in Dutch. Since diseases were prevalent, especially among infants, it was the custom to periodically recite penitential prayers (selihot) in order to avert disastrous epidemics or pray for them to cease. These prayers varied from community to community and generally followed local custom.
          
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Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Holland:    Checked
  
Subject
Liturgy:    Checked
  
Characteristic
First Editions:    Checked
Language:    Hebrew, Dutch
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica
  
Posters:    Checked