Bidspirit auction | (JERUSALEM, 1843). Chukath HaPesach. Prefaced

(JERUSALEM, 1843). Chukath HaPesach. Prefaced by “Ke’arath Keseph, ” a lengthy panegyric by R. Joseph Ezovi of Perpignan; with Kabbalistic Tikunnim and readings for the month of Nissan and for the night of Passover; Passover Hagadah; and finally, Pirkei Avoth (Ethics of the Fathers). Edited by R. Abraham Ankawa. Texts of prayers in square Hebrew characters with nikud; instructions in Judeo-Arabic in rabbinic type. ff. 84. Stained, inner corners of few pages torn. Contemporary calf, worn. 12mo. Housed in custom solander box. Yudlov 861. Jerusalem, Israel ben Abraham (Bak), 1843. The Second Jerusalem Hagadah. - (The first edition appeared a year prior). The book bears the Haskamah of R. Chaim Abraham Gaguine, Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, who commends the man responsible for bringing the book to press: Reuben of Damascus. Also includes the Seder Korban Pesach, Bedikath and Biur Chametz, Ma’ariv service for Passover; Song of Songs; hymn in honor of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai; Seder Erev Rosh Chodesh Sivan; and Seder Leil Shavu’oth.