Shir HaShirim, Illustrated by Shabbtai ben Yerachmiel Rubin, Berlin 1923
שיר השירים - Limited Edition
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- Lot Number 51152
- Title (English) Shir HaShirim
- Title (Hebrew) שיר השירים
- Note Limited Edition
- Author Illustrated by Shabbtai ben Yerachmiel Rubin
- City Berlin
- Publisher Pardes
- Publication Date 1923
- Estimated Price - Low 200
- Estimated Price - High 500
- Item # 1881002
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Physical Description
Limited edition of 100 copies, in memory of Rubin's mother - Shaina-Baila
Detail Description
Shir Hashirim (The Song of Songs), also known as the Song of Solomon is the first of the five Megillot (scrolls) of Ketuvim (Writings) the last section of the Tanakh (Bible). Scripturally, it is unique in its celebration of love. It gives "the voices of two lovers, praising each other, yearning for each other". The two are in harmony, each desiring the other and rejoicing in intimacy; the women (or "daughters") of Jerusalem form a chorus to the lovers, functioning as an audience whose participation in the lovers' encounters facilitates the participation of the reader. Jewish tradition reads it as an allegory of the relationship between G-d and Israel.
The story is read on the prior to Sabbath each week by Sephardim and Chasidim and on Shabbat during Pesah by Ashkenazim.
Hebrew Description
כתב ועטר עטורים שבתי בן-ירחמיאל רובין.
השער נדפס בדיו אדומה. הטקסט בדיו חומה. עם קישוטים צבעוניים רבים.
קולופון: "מהמגלה הזאת יצאו בס"ה אלף ושש מאות טפסים; מהם יצאו בשנת התרפ"ג על ידי הוצאת "פרדס" מאה טפסים מסומנים במספרים מיוחדים בהוצאה מהודרה על נייר מובחר ובכריכת משי,
References
Bibliography of the Hebrew Book 1470-1960 # 000309116