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Lot : 57

Machzor Slavita for the Three Regalim, Printed by the Saintly Rabbi Shmuel Avraham Shapira, Slavita, 1835

Opening bid: $4,000

Machzor Slavita for the Three Regalim, Printed by the Saintly Rabbi Shmuel Avraham Shapira, Slavita, 1835


Prayers for the three Regalim – Succos, Simchas Torah, Pesach and Shavuos, with commentary on the piyutim and yotzros and their translation into Yiddish.

Includes: Ma’ariv, Shacharis and Mussaf prayers, Mincha, with Yotzros, Megilas Koheles and Megilas Rus, Tefillas Geshem and Tefillas Tal.

Printed in a beautiful format in the famous printing house of the saintly Rabbi Shmuel Avraham Shapira, son of the saintly Rabbi Moshe Shapira, son of Rabbi Pinchas of Koritz.

The Tefillas Geshem (Succos) and Tefillas Tal (Pesach) feature beautiful woodcuts of the twelve zodiac signs.

"Every God-fearing person should strive to acquire sefarim from old printing houses, which were mostly printed by God-fearing individuals, particularly from the Slavita and Zhitomir presses of the grandchildren of the holy Rabbi of Koritz, who were printers of supreme holiness." (Taharas HaKodesh by the author of Shomer Emunim chapter 6).

Slavita, 1835.

Page Count: 152 leaves. Condition: Good-fair condition, small tears and adhesions to title page and following leaf, damage to isolated letters. On several pages, borderline page trimming affects the text.