Auction 27 Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
Nov 6, 2012 (Your local time)
Israel
 8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 316:

Manuscript of Prayers, Conduct and Novellae

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Manuscript, prayers and conduct according to Kabbalah, versions for confessions and correcting sins, prayer verses and Biblical verses and chapters of mishnayot to say according to the initials of the name “Yehuda Lima ben Leah”. Torah novellae etc. An early Ashkenazi manuscript [Poland?, the 17-18th centuries]. At the end of the manuscript, a sermon written in Yiddish in later handwriting [US?, the 19-20th centuries].
Possibly, the manuscript was written by a family member or a disciple of a man called “Rabbi Yehuda Lima”. [At that time, Rabbi Yehuda Lima Av Beit Din of Vengrov lived in Poland and attempted to awaken people to repent. He was the son of the author of “Chelkat Mechokek” on the Shulchan Aruch and the great disciple of the mekubal Rabbi Yehuda HaChassid of Szedlice, founder of the “Churva” in Jerusalem].
Volume approx. 180 leaves, of which more than 110 written pages. Approx. 17 cm. Good-fair condition, stains, wear and few moth damages. Unbound.

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