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Bidding Information
Lot #    23270
Auction End Date    4/28/2009 11:29:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Hagigat Lag B'omer
Title (Hebrew)    חגיגת ל'ג בעומר
Author    [Community - Liturgy] Meir b. Jehiel
City    Jerusalem
Publisher    Solomon
Publication Date    c.1930
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description
   Red illustrated poster, [2] pp., 197:350 mm., light age staining.
          
Detailed
Description
   A red poster illustrated with gold drawings of a high priest and Moses (with horns) holding a Torah. The lettering is also in gold, making it difficult to read.

The text begins with a quote about Orlah and Revi'it - which states that no fruit may be eaten from a tree for the first three years after it is planted (orlah), and in the fourth year- Revi'it - the fruit must be brought to Jerusalem.

The text then continues to mention the custom of cutting a three-year-old boy's hair for the first time. Traditionally, many people take their young sons to Meron, to the grave of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yohai, for this first haircut, which is done with much celebration.

The back of this poster has a table of letters which the author states are letters of Rashi in the Tractate Sotah. He states that one can read it from right to left and from top to bottom.

          
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Listing Classification
Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Israel:    Checked
  
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Characteristic
First Editions:    Checked
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica