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Tel Aviv: W. Turnowsky, 1987. (ft) Hardcover, 4to, 62 pages, all color facsims. Text in Hebrew; rubrics in Yiddish. SUBJECT(S) : Descriptor: Haggadot -- Texts. Seder -- Liturgy -- Texts. Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts. Jewish illumination of books and manuscripts. Manuscripts, Hebrew -- Facsimiles. Colophon title. Spine title: Hagadah..... More
Yerushalayim; Defus Omanut, 1937. Hardcover. Original olive boards. 12mo. 67, [1] pages. 18 cm. Yaari 2236. Illustrated olive boards. 'Bezalel' on rear board. Text printed in black, red, and yellow ink inside; with illustrations throughout. Passover Haggadah: proofread and edited by Rabbi Joseph Unna; ornaments and paintings by Brurit Claire..... More
Tel Aviv: A. Landa, 1935. (FT) Softcover, 8vo, 56 pages, illustrations (includes portrait) , 23 cm. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts. Passover -- Prayer-books and devotions. At head of title: La-h? Agigat melot 800 shanah shel Rabenu Mosheh ben Maimon, ha-Rambam. Maimonides (Moses ben Maimon; known..... More
Tel Aviv; Y. Ts'ets'ik, 1960. Hardcover. Original Cloth. 8vo. 286, [25] pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. Added English title page: Jewish music and musicians; a history of Jewish music from ancient to present time. Illustrated throughout, with 25 pages of notation at rear. Subjects: Jews - Music -..... More
New York: Published And Printed By J. H. Kantrowitz, 1884. Hardback. 2nd printing (1st is 1881) . Original Publisher's tooled leather, 16mo, 507 pages. Text in vocalized Hebrew and English translation with Hebrew catch-words on facing pages. 2nd printing of Singerman 2998 (though he does not seem aware of this..... More
Soncino-Gesellschaft der Freunde des Judischen Buches/Josef Altmann, 1926. Hardcover. Limited first edition. Original publisher’s marbled boards and vellum spine with gilt lettering. Small folio. 75 unpaginated pages [+ 14 page booklet]. 1 of 800 copies printed. Text in Hebrew, booklet in German. Top edge gilt .A high quality facsimile of..... More
New York; KTAV Pub. House, 1976. Original Wraps. 8vo. [16] pages. 22 cm. First edition. Unpaginated. Catalogue of books, items, and objects for Purim and Passover; contains illustrations throughout of each product. Includes Purim Graggers, Megillah scroll, coloring books, jigsaw puzzles, Purim masks, records, haggadahs, juvenile passover books, purses, needlepoint..... More
![Item 4603. THE LADINO MAHZOR OF FERRARA [1553]](/pictures/thumb/25143.jpg?v=1661884743)
Culver City (Calif. ) : Labyrinthos, 1993. Hardcover. Cloth, 4to, XV, 302 pages. Limited Edition. In Ladino, using Latin script. Introduction in English. Series: The Sephardic classical library, 8; “Our critical edition of the Ladino Mahzor of Ferrara [1553] for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is based on a copy..... More
Philadelphia: Slote & Mooney, 1864 [5624]. Third Edition. Full tooled Leather , large 12mo. 144 pages. 18 cm. Hebrew text, parallel English translation. "Stereotyped by Slote and Mooney for the editor. " Singerman 1282. Sidur Sifte Tsadikim, Leeser's comprehensive Sephardic prayer book, was the first American prayerbook containing the liturgy..... More
San Francisco; B'Ruach Hatorah Publications, 1976. Original Wraps. 4to. [32] pages. 28 cm. In Hebrew and English throughout. Illustrated by Sorah Loketch, Rivka Rabinowitz, Eliezer Wenger. Children's coloring book, to facilitate learning the Seder Ritual. Includes a jigsaw puzzle. Uncolored, clean and fresh. Subjects: Seder. Juvenile works. OCLC lists one..... More
Vienna : F. Nobile Di Schmid Ed I. I. Busch, 1847. Hardback. 1st edition. Period quarter leather binding, 8vo, [4], 12, 16, 8, 23 leaves. In Hebrew. Bible criticism. “Samuel David Luzzatto (1800-1865) was an Italian Jewish scholar, poet, and a member of the Wissenschaft des Judentums movement. He is..... More
Leipzig; W. Drugulin [Printed For The Society Of Biblical Literature], 1925. Softcover. Original Wraps. 8vo. 163-170 [i. E. 7] pages. 23 cm. First edition. Offprint from Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. XLIV, No. 1/2 (1925) , pp. 163-170. Study of Zoroastrianism and Judaism and their dissimilarities on the level of..... More
Girard Yohan Yanson, 1771. Hardcover. Period boards. 8vo. 358 pages.17 cm. In Hebrew. The title translates to “Order for Prayers for the Festivals: According to the Holy Sefardic Community. ” This mahzor was previously owned by David Sulzberger of Philadelphia, a trustee of Gratz College and the Jewish Theological Seminary..... More
![Item 9486. THE ORDER OF PRAYER FOR DIVINE SERVICE ; [BOUND WITH] HYMNS FOR DIVINE SERVICE IN THE TEMPLE EMANU-EL](/pictures/thumb/37383.jpg?v=1661884944)
New York, 1879, [1871]. Hardback. Modern Boards. All edges gilt. 8vo. Xvii, [1]-181, [1]-71, [1] (= 270 pages total) ; 18 cm. In English and Hebrew. From Temple Emanu-el in New York City. At the time of publication, Emanu-El “was the leading Reform congregation in the US. ” (Wikipedia, 2016)..... More
Wien, R. Lwit, 1916. Hardback. 1st Edition. Period Boards. 8vo. 57 pages ; 23 cm. In German. Title translates into English as, “The Oldest Printed German Translation of the Jewish Prayer Book, Dated 1530, and its author, Anthonius Margaritha. A Literary Historical Investigation. ” “Mieses (1882–1942) (was a) rabbi, scholar..... More
![Item 10182. HAGADAH SHEL PESAH: IM ME'AH VA-HAMISHAH ASAR PERUSHIM HA-NIKRA'AH BA-SHEM MIGDAL EDER ... : VE-HOSAFTI ... HIDUSHIM NEHUTSIM U-KETSARIM BA-SHEM HEMDAT YISRA'EL [DISPLACED PERSONS HAGADAH SHEL PESAH]](/pictures/thumb/38479.jpg?v=1548434981)
Germanyah; Defus Shemu'el Friedman, [1947]. Original Wraps. 12mo. 116 pages. 20 cm. She'erit Hapleita (surviving remnant) edition of a hagadah first published in Vilna by Rom, in 1891 or 1892. In Hebrew. Photostat reprint of Haggadah commentary Migdal Eder compiled by Rabbi Israel David Miller, published in Germany for a...... More
New York: Bloch, 1907. Softcover, 12mo, 63 pages, music, 19 cm. 5th Revised and Enlarged Edition. SUBJECT (S) : Haggadot -- Texts. Seder -- Liturgy -- Texts. Other Titles: Haggadah. English & Hebrew. Moses (1847-1926) was a “U. S. Reform rabbi. Moses, who was born in Zaniemysl, Poznan, had not..... More
![Item 243322. [TEFILOT YISRA'EL]. UNION PRAYER BOOK. AS ADOPTED BY THE CENTRAL CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN RABBIS. [PART I: THE SABBATH, THE THREE FESTIVALS, AND THE DAILY PRAYERS].](/pictures/thumb/35985.jpg?v=1668739923)
Chicago, Published By The Ritual Committee, 1892. Hardback. 1st edition. Period Leather binding, 12mo, 260, 140 pages. Singerman 4357. "Printed as manuscript for the Rabbinical Conference." The scarce true first edition, quickly recalled after publication by the Reform movement because of opposition led by the Einhorn wing. “Rabbi Wise's intent..... More
Jerusalem; Berlin : Jibne Edition, Breitkopf & Ha¨rtel, 1922. Original Wraps. Folio. 5 pages. 34 cm. First edition. For (high) voice with piano. Romanized Hebrew words; Hebrew words also printed as text. Jibne Edition Jerusalem; Agency for the Diaspora in Berlin. Wraps printed in blue ink. Subjects: Sacred songs with..... More
![Item 7934. ZEMIROT YIS´RA'EL; I. CHANTS LITURGIQUES DE SABBATH. - II. CHANTS LITURGIQUES DES GRANDES FE^TES [TWO VOLUMES]](/pictures/thumb/33746.jpg?v=1661884828)
Leipzig; M. W. Kaufmann, 1864. Original Wraps. Folio. 117; 103 pages. 34 cm. Second edition. In Hebrew (transliterated Hebrew) with introduction in French. Liturgy for the Sabbath and High Holidays. Two Volumes: Chants liturgiques de Sabbath - Chants liturgiques des grandes fetes. Volume three (Chants religieux des Israe¨lites) absent, though..... More
London; Wertheimer, 1887. Paperback. 1st Edition. Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 15 pages ; 21 cm. In English and Hebrew on opposite pages. This was the program for synagogues across the United Kingdom to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Vicoria on the 50th anniversary of her ascension to the thrown..... More
Livorno: Sahadun Molco E. C., 1821. Hardcover. Original vellum boards. 12mo. 89 pages, 15 cm. In Italian and Hebrew. Title translates to “Jewish-Italian Liturgy for the End of the Year and Day of Atonement for Use of Portuguese and Spanish Israelites. ” One volume from the original six volume set..... More
New York: (Isaac Friedenwald, Baltimore), 1889. (FT) Half leather, small 8vo. , First edition. The Synagogue Service. Arranged for the Congregation B'nai Jeshurun of New York, by Henry S. Jacobs, Minister of the Congregation. 5 copies on OCLC (Brandeis, HUC, Yeshiva, GWU, Hebrew College) Missing ¾ of backstrip. Decorated endpapers..... More
Co. , New York, Jerusalem, 1928. First edition. Original blue publisher’s cloth, large square. 8vo, 16 leaves with 15 tipped in plates. Each leaf contains a tipped in color print by Raban in the classic style with English text in a gilt Bezalel style “frame” on the facing page. Title..... More
Co. , New York, Jerusalem, 1928. First edition. Original blue publisher’s cloth, large square. 8vo, 16 leaves with 15 tipped in plates. Each leaf contains a tipped in color print by Raban in the classic style with English text in a gilt Bezalel style “frame” on the facing page. Title..... More