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Lot #    6519
Auction End Date    2/10/2004 10:08:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Shir Hamalos-Tsetl
Title (Hebrew)    לנקבה
Author    [Broadside - Kabbalah]
City    [Furth]
Publisher    [Itzik Bookbinder]
Publication Date    c. 1760
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    Broadside, 200:173 mm., laid down, margins torn, light age staining.
          
Detailed
Description		    Kabbalsitic Shir Hamalos-Tsetl normally placed by the crib of newborns, or according to other customs above the bed of the woman and above the doorposts of the room. The Shir Hamalos-Tsetl 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 Shir Hamalos-Tsetl 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.” This edition is for female newborn, contains an inverted woodcut of a wolf shooting arrows at the evil winds, and several kabbalistic prayers in Hebrew and Yiddish. The "Male" version of this edition is recorded in CD-EPI 0128490, the female version is unknown to Yudlov.
          
Paragraph 2    לקישוטים של המסגרת ולאותיות דמיון רב עם אלה שנדפסו בהגדה של פסח, פיורדא תקכ"ב. השבעת לילית והמכשפות שלא יפגעו ביולדת ובבנה. בסוף: תהלים קכא.
          
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Listing Classification
Period
  
18th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Germany:    Checked
  
Subject
  
Kabbalah:    Checked
Liturgy:    Checked
  
Characteristic
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica
  
Posters:    Checked