Bidspirit auction | MOHEL BOOK – 16 PAGES

MOHEL BOOK – 16 PAGES RECORDING CIRCUMCISIONS CARIED OUT IN THE NIKOLSBURG REGION, 1828-1845. BOUND WITH SOD HASHEM, VIENNA 1814. Sod Hashem , by Rabbi David Lida (d. 1697), Rabbi of Amsterdam, laws and prayers related to circumcision. Apparently, the author of these inscriptions, a Mohel living in the Nikolsburg region, had them bound together with this book. Among the names listed are: ‘the Rabbi of our community’, R. Eliezer Schwartz, R. Yaakov Glazer, R. Ahron Glaser, R. Moshe Pashkez (several mentions – may well be an ancestor of the well-known Pashkez family), R. Mordechai Braude, R. Moshe Braude, the chasan Kopel Banet, R. Yirmiyahu Braude, R. Heshel Glaser, R. Ahron Braude, R. Yosef Karpeles, R. David Leib Holitch, R. Yehuda Ernst, R. Yosef Loshitz, the doctor – our master Elazar Jeiteles, R. Mordechai Hirsh Ferber. Locations mentioned include: Nikolsburg, Husevitz, Brun, Karitshan, Shlafani, Chorlitz, Lesh, Visternitz, Budshevitz, and others that are difficult to identify. 32 sides, 16 in manuscript. 11 x 18.5 cm. Good condition. Old binding.