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Lot #    22837
Auction End Date    3/3/2009 10:23:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Sha’ar ha-Melekh
Title (Hebrew)    ùòø äîìê
Author    R. Mordecai ben Samuel
City    Grodno
Publisher    Ezekiel ben Nahum
Publication Date    1791
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    [58, 70] ff. quarto 190:175 mm., nice margins, usual age staining. A good copy not bound.
          
Detailed
Description		    Popular ethical work by R. Mordecai ben Samuel, av bet din of Vyelkotsh (Wielkie Oczy). The title page begins that one who opens the gate (sha’ar) to cleave to teshuvah should have his tongue cleave to its palate. It emphasizes that it is of equal value to everyone “a wise man will hear, and will increase learning” (Proverbs 1:5). It further informs that Sha’ar ha-Melekh is comprised of seven gates, enumerating 1) the month of Elul 2) the days of selihot erev Rosh Ha-Shanah, how to supplicate the One who decrees ad fulfills 3) Rosh Ha-Shanah, to teach the ways of teshuvah 4) on Rosh Ha-Shanah that Comes out on Shabbat 5) on the ten days of repentance between Rosh Ha-Shanah and Yom Kippur, to sanctify a holy people who wait for His salvation. Also and on Yom Kippur itself and the Avodah and 6) on hilkhot Pesah to ensure that all one’s deeds be examined. These gages are further divided into chapters so that the reader can go through them in short periods of time without difficulty. There is an introduction from te author and then the text, in two columns in rabbinic letters. Sha’ar ha-Melekh is in two parts, each with its own title page.
          
Paragraph 2    ìôøè ìáå'à àì ù'òø' ä'î'ìê îìëå ùì òåìí
          
Reference
Description		    BE shin 2013; CD-EPI 0149606
        
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Listing Classification
Period
  
18th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Russia-Poland:    Checked
  
Subject
Other:    Ethics
  
Characteristic
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica