"Siddur" of year-round prayers, Karaite rite, by Aharon ben Yosef. Parts 4-5 (of five parts). [Venice, 1528-1529. Printed by Cornelio Adel-Kind in the printing press of Daniel Bomberg]. First edition. Karaite machzor. These parts contain prayers for Rosh Hashanah, "Order (of prayers) for the Ten Days of Mercy", prayers for Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Fast of the Seventh (month - 23rd of Tishrei), Fast of the Tenth (10th of Tevet), Purim (with Megillat Esther), "Blessings for circumcision", "Birkat Chatanim (for weddings)", "Prayers for Shabbat during days of rejoicing", songs and Tzidduk HaDin. On p. 213b, at the end of the prayers for the "Ten Days of Mercy", is a long inscription in ancient handwriting attesting to the sale of the machzor to members of the Karaite community in the city of Trakai [Troki], adjacent to Vilna in 1647: "I, the undersigned, notify with my signature below that I sold the second part of the machzor eternally to Nachamu son of Tzefanya and he is entitled to take possession of this machzor… Written here in Trakai on the 30th of Tishrei 1647, Michael son of Tzadok… Nachamu son of Shimon… Yehuda son of Aharon". Later, the aforementioned Nachamu donated the machzor to the Karaite synagogue of the Biržai community in Northern Lithuania, as he writes on p. 120b: "I, Nachamu son of the elder Tzefanya, attest like one hundred valid witnesses that I, Nachamu, have readily decided for the sake of a cure for my wife and children to donate this second machzor… to the synagogue of the Biržai community… here in Biržai on Monday Rosh Chodesh Tishrei in 1649 [?]". 18th century births are recorded on the blank leaf following leaf 213. Many glosses with handwritten revisions, sources and supplements are added to the leaves of the machzor. Leaves 55-56 bear glosses in a foreign language in Hebrew letters, possibly in Karaim (spoken by some sects of Karaites). At the end of the machzor are five handwritten leaves, with replacements of the text of Tzidduk HaDin. Lacking copy. Parts 4-5. 75-213, [1]; [1]-49, 50-105, 105-129, 133-152, 154-219 leaves. Originally: 57-213; 49, [6], 50-105, 105-133, 133-224 leaves. Lacking 34 leaves. 19 cm. Condition of leaves varies, fair-poor. Stains and wear. Open tears to several leaves. Leaf edges are notably browned (apparently due to dampness). Warped spine, the book is detached into two parts. Unbound. Apparently, a complete set (five parts) of this siddur did not survive. In 2007, a facsimile of the Yom Kippur and Sukkot prayers in this siddur was published in Jerusalem.
"Siddur" of year-round prayers, Karaite rite, by Aharon ben Yosef. Parts 4-5 (of five parts). [Venice, 1528-1529. Printed by Cornelio Adel-Kind in the printing press of Daniel Bomberg]. First edition. Karaite machzor. These parts contain prayers for Rosh Hashanah, "Order (of prayers) for the Ten Days of Mercy", prayers for Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Fast of the Seventh (month - 23rd of Tishrei), Fast of the Tenth (10th of Tevet), Purim (with Megillat Esther), "Blessings for circumcision", "Birkat Chatanim (for weddings)", "Prayers for Shabbat during days of rejoicing", songs and Tzidduk HaDin. On p. 213b, at the end of the prayers for the "Ten Days of Mercy", is a long inscription in ancient handwriting attesting to the sale of the machzor to members of the Karaite community in the city of Trakai [Troki], adjacent to Vilna in 1647: "I, the undersigned, notify with my signature below that I sold the second part of the machzor eternally to Nachamu son of Tzefanya and he is entitled to take possession of this machzor… Written here in Trakai on the 30th of Tishrei 1647, Michael son of Tzadok… Nachamu son of Shimon… Yehuda son of Aharon". Later, the aforementioned Nachamu donated the machzor to the Karaite synagogue of the Biržai community in Northern Lithuania, as he writes on p. 120b: "I, Nachamu son of the elder Tzefanya, attest like one hundred valid witnesses that I, Nachamu, have readily decided for the sake of a cure for my wife and children to donate this second machzor… to the synagogue of the Biržai community… here in Biržai on Monday Rosh Chodesh Tishrei in 1649 [?]". 18th century births are recorded on the blank leaf following leaf 213. Many glosses with handwritten revisions, sources and supplements are added to the leaves of the machzor. Leaves 55-56 bear glosses in a foreign language in Hebrew letters, possibly in Karaim (spoken by some sects of Karaites). At the end of the machzor are five handwritten leaves, with replacements of the text of Tzidduk HaDin. Lacking copy. Parts 4-5. 75-213, [1]; [1]-49, 50-105, 105-129, 133-152, 154-219 leaves. Originally: 57-213; 49, [6], 50-105, 105-133, 133-224 leaves. Lacking 34 leaves. 19 cm. Condition of leaves varies, fair-poor. Stains and wear. Open tears to several leaves. Leaf edges are notably browned (apparently due to dampness). Warped spine, the book is detached into two parts. Unbound. Apparently, a complete set (five parts) of this siddur did not survive. In 2007, a facsimile of the Yom Kippur and Sukkot prayers in this siddur was published in Jerusalem.
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