Physical Description:

Only edition.  [1], 222, 18 ff. octavo 185:118 mm., wide margins, light age and damp staining. A very good copy bound in contemporary boards, rubbed.

Detailed Description:  

Siddur (prayer book) for the entire year according to the custom of the Sephardim. The title-page describes Tefillat ha-Hodesh as a comprehensive prayer book, incuding for prayers to the Lord evening, morning, and noon, daily, monthly, Shabbat, all properly arranged, and including Pirke Shabbat, zemirot, and amudot for all three festivals, with additions of the halakhot and customs according to the Hida (R. Hayyim Joseph David Azulai, 1724–1806) in his work Kesher Godol, and other books, ha-Addra Zuta Kadisha, Iggeret Shabbat by the Ibn Ezra, and also Shalmot ha-Lev. Also added is Berkhat ha-Hamma. Tefillat ha-Hodesh begins with Addra Zuta Kadisha, Berkhat ha-Hamma, a second title-page and then the prayers. At the end are Parshiot, Torah readings for Mondays and Thursdays. A very attractive and comprehensive siddur according to the Sephardic rite.

Hebrew Description:

EJ; Bibliography of the Hebrew Book 1470-1960 #000307046