Sefer Brit Avraham, regarding the laws of circumcision. Includes explanations, laws and customs, as well as prayers and piyyutim with German translation. Authored by R. Tzvi Binyamin Auerbach (rabbi of Halberstadt, author of "Nachal Eshkol"). Frankfurt-am-Main, [1860]. First edition. Interesting preface chronicling the history of German Jewry and its poets. The end of the volume contains added pages with a handwritten listing of approximately 300 circumcisions by the mohel R. Yeshaya Blum from 1879-1918. The earliest circumcisions took place in Sulzburg, Southern Germany, after which there are several listings in Biel, Switzerland. In 1893 R. Blum moved to Weisbaden, and most of the circumcisions took place in that city and its environs: Biebrich, Bierstadt, Dotzheim, Holzhausen uber Aar, Wallau, Sonnenberg, Erbenheim, Koblenz, Schierstein, and others. Circumcision no. 79, of a family member, took place in Konstanz, a more remote location. The circumcision listing includes interesting details regarding the circumcisions, genealogical details of the children and their families, halachic details, medical issues, and current events, including WWI. In the beginning of the book is a self-dedication by R. "Yeshaya ben R. Klonimus Blum…", who received the volume as a gift from "R. Asher Ben Shimon Bechhoffer… so that I should become a mohel…" (R. Asher Bechhoffer was evidently a rabbi in Sulzburg - his son Moshe Shimon is listed in the circumcisions listing, no. 7). Circumcision listing no. 14 records the circumcision of the firstborn son of R. Blum himself: "Klonimus ben Yeshaya, born to my wife Julia on Shabbat Parashat Pinchas, and circumcised by my hand, Shabbat Parashat Matot-Masei, July 19, 1890, the anniversary of my father's passing twelve years ago. I was honored to give his name to my son". The first three circumcision listings contain acrostic poems based on the name of the child. In 1901, R. Blum circumcised Yitzchak Bamberger, son of R. Pinchas Bamberger, rabbi of Hamburg - circumcision listing no. 97 (the child was evidently born in the home of his grandfather, R. Eliezer Lipman Hakohen Kahn, rabbi of Weisbaden). The end of the listing describes circumcisions during WWI, including circumcisions of babies whose fathers were in combat. Circumcision no. 271, (Aug 4, 1914, days after Germany declared war on Russia), mentions that "tomorrow the baby's father is going to war". Circumcision no. 277, (Nov. 20, 1914), describes the tragic circumstance of the baby being given the name of his father "who fell during this terrible war". Circumcision no. 282 mentions "his father is currently at war", and circumcision no. 291 (Jan. 31, 1916) mentions "son of a soldier". Stamps of the Orthodox community in Wiesbaden - "Altisraelitische Kultusgemeinde Wiesbaden". Enclosed (between pages 44-45) is a handwritten leaf with blessings for the circumcision of a convert. VI, [2], 140 leaves; [13] handwritten laves. 19.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Colorful paper binding; slightly worn.
Sefer Brit Avraham, regarding the laws of circumcision. Includes explanations, laws and customs, as well as prayers and piyyutim with German translation. Authored by R. Tzvi Binyamin Auerbach (rabbi of Halberstadt, author of "Nachal Eshkol"). Frankfurt-am-Main, [1860]. First edition. Interesting preface chronicling the history of German Jewry and its poets. The end of the volume contains added pages with a handwritten listing of approximately 300 circumcisions by the mohel R. Yeshaya Blum from 1879-1918. The earliest circumcisions took place in Sulzburg, Southern Germany, after which there are several listings in Biel, Switzerland. In 1893 R. Blum moved to Weisbaden, and most of the circumcisions took place in that city and its environs: Biebrich, Bierstadt, Dotzheim, Holzhausen uber Aar, Wallau, Sonnenberg, Erbenheim, Koblenz, Schierstein, and others. Circumcision no. 79, of a family member, took place in Konstanz, a more remote location. The circumcision listing includes interesting details regarding the circumcisions, genealogical details of the children and their families, halachic details, medical issues, and current events, including WWI. In the beginning of the book is a self-dedication by R. "Yeshaya ben R. Klonimus Blum…", who received the volume as a gift from "R. Asher Ben Shimon Bechhoffer… so that I should become a mohel…" (R. Asher Bechhoffer was evidently a rabbi in Sulzburg - his son Moshe Shimon is listed in the circumcisions listing, no. 7). Circumcision listing no. 14 records the circumcision of the firstborn son of R. Blum himself: "Klonimus ben Yeshaya, born to my wife Julia on Shabbat Parashat Pinchas, and circumcised by my hand, Shabbat Parashat Matot-Masei, July 19, 1890, the anniversary of my father's passing twelve years ago. I was honored to give his name to my son". The first three circumcision listings contain acrostic poems based on the name of the child. In 1901, R. Blum circumcised Yitzchak Bamberger, son of R. Pinchas Bamberger, rabbi of Hamburg - circumcision listing no. 97 (the child was evidently born in the home of his grandfather, R. Eliezer Lipman Hakohen Kahn, rabbi of Weisbaden). The end of the listing describes circumcisions during WWI, including circumcisions of babies whose fathers were in combat. Circumcision no. 271, (Aug 4, 1914, days after Germany declared war on Russia), mentions that "tomorrow the baby's father is going to war". Circumcision no. 277, (Nov. 20, 1914), describes the tragic circumstance of the baby being given the name of his father "who fell during this terrible war". Circumcision no. 282 mentions "his father is currently at war", and circumcision no. 291 (Jan. 31, 1916) mentions "son of a soldier". Stamps of the Orthodox community in Wiesbaden - "Altisraelitische Kultusgemeinde Wiesbaden". Enclosed (between pages 44-45) is a handwritten leaf with blessings for the circumcision of a convert. VI, [2], 140 leaves; [13] handwritten laves. 19.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Colorful paper binding; slightly worn.
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