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Bidding Information
Lot #    9934
Auction End Date    3/22/2005 3:13:00 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Circumcision Prayer Book
Title (Hebrew)    סדר תפילה לברית
Author    [Ms. - Liturgy]
City    [Germany]
Publication Date    19th cent.
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    [4] ff., 209:150 mm., light age staining, ink on heavy paper, beautiful square letters with cantillation symbols, bound in contemporary boards.
          
Detailed
Description		    The shirah section pretaining to the covenant of Abraham and G-d of the morning liturgy in black and red sections, verse after verse, for the cantor and congregation to recite alternately on the day of circumcision ceremonies. The custom is still practiced in German and many Polish communities. Apparently written as an addendum to the prayerbook for ease of recital.
          
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Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Germany:    Checked
  
Subject
Customs:    Checked
Liturgy:    Checked
  
Characteristic
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
Other:    Prayerbook
  
Kind of Judaica