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Bidding Information
Lot #    19900
Auction End Date    2/19/2008 10:28:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Shemira le-Yeled
Title (Hebrew)    שמירה לילד וליולדת
Author    [Kabbalah - Liturgy]
City    Djerba
Publisher    Haddad
Publication Date    c.1950
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    Broadside, 272:200 mm., light age staining, creased on folds. In red ink.
          
Detailed
Description		    Kabbalistic Shemira poster normally placed by the crib of newborns, or according to other customs above the bed of the woman and above the door posts of the room. The Shemira poster is also known by other names, such as kindbet, tsetl, and Shmir-Tsetl. In all cases its purpose is to protect the baby from Lilith or other harmful spirits. The name comes from Psalm 121, which here appears below the header, Shemira le-yeled ve-yaldah. That Psalm begins, “A Song of Maalot. I will lift up my eyes to the mountains. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. He will not let your foot be moved; he who watches you will not slumber. Behold, he who watches Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.” The Shemira is erroneously attributed under the title to R. Israel Ba'al Shem Tov (Besht).
          
Paragraph 2    מהבעל שם טוב ...

נדפס בדיו אדומה. כולל: "אליהו ז"ל היה הולך בדרך ופגע בלילית"; "אדם וחוה פנימה ...". עם איורים: מגיני דוד, דג וכף יד.

          
Reference
Description		    CD-EPI 0325384 (on copy in Bar-Ilan)
        
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Listing Classification
Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Other:    Tunis
  
Subject
  
Kabbalah:    Checked
Liturgy:    Checked
  
Characteristic
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica