Auction 135
Slavuta And Zhitomir, Chassidut, Belongings of Tzaddikim, Amulets, Segula Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical letters, Chabad and Rare books
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May 2, 2022
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LOT 13:
Machzor for Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. Zhitomir, 1848. Large Format
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Sold for: $1,600
Start price:
$
500
Estimated price :
$800 - $1,000
Buyer's Premium: 24%
VAT: 17%
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Machzor for Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. Zhitomir, 1848. Large Format
Machzor for Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur per the custom of Reisin and Lithuania, Poland, Pihem, Mehrin, with commentaries in Hebrew and in Yiddish. Printed by Rabbi Chanina Lipa and Rabbi Yehoshua Heschel Shapira, grandsons of the rabbi of Slavuta. Zhitomir, 1848.
Books printed in the presses in Zhitomir and Slavuta are known to have special sanctity and segulah, as the printing tools and the letters were immersed in a mikveh before beginning their work. As such, Chassidim would seek machzorim from these presses as a segulah to gain favorable judgement.
[2], 164 leaf. Approximately 27 cm. Large format. Red and black title page.
Fine condition. Aging stains. New binding.
