Auction 14 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Mar 2, 2011 (Your local time)
Israel
 8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 13:

Calendar of Hashkavot and Mi SheBeirach – Jerusalem

Sold for: $190
Start price:
$ 150
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A giant calendar for hanging in the Beit HaKnesset with lists of the names of the dead, for whom The Hashkava Prayer is to be said and the names of the living for the blessing of Mi SheBeirach. Jerusalem.
The whole calendar is hand-drawn and the names appearing in it were listed during various periods in three columns: Hashkavot for men, Hashkavot for women and the Mi SheBeirach prayer.
Amongst the names mentioned in the calendar: The gaba'im, Rabbi Shlomo Peretz and Chacham Nissim Oplatka. Sir Moshe Montefiore, Rabbi Ya'akov Shaul Elyashar. Also mentioned the members of the Valero, Meyuchas, Pinto and Sasoon families; Clara Ruso "who was killed by the bomb at The King David Hotel in Jerusalem"; Avraham Optalka "who fell during the Independence War" etc. The earliest date of death entered is 1849 and the latest 1955.
70X100 cm. Good-fair condition. Pasted on cardboard. Heavy tears to margins, creases, moisture damage to lower part.