Sefer Kerem Aharon: hakolel Ha-Gahot, Chidushim u-Biyurim al Masekhet Brakhot

Wolanow, Aron. Sefer Kerem Aharon: hakolel Ha-Gahot, Chidushim u-Biyurim al Masekhet Brakhot. Warsaw: Nowozetgraf, 1931. First edition. Large Quarto. 65pp. Original half cloth on black paper-covered boards with stamped decoration and vignettes on each corner fo front and end cover. Decorative endpapers. Contains a collection of teachings, discussions and explanations from Rabbis in Eretz Israel and the Exile on the tractate Brakhot. Seder Zeraim is the only tractate, which combines the Babylonian Talmud and the Jerusalem Talmud. It primarily addresses issues of the level of awarenenss and particularly the rules regarding the Shema (a section of the Torah recited as part of prayer), the Amidah (Silent prayer), Birkat Hamazon (Grace after Meals), Kiddush (Sanctification ceremony of Shabbat and holidays), Havdalah (ceremony that ends Shabbat and holidays) and other blessings and prayers. Text in Hebrew. Binding with wear along edges, bumped corners, tearing and fraying at head and tail of spine. Frontcover detached from block and partially detached from spine. Age-toned block undetached to cover. Rear endpaper torn from the block, fraying and tearing (up to 1inch) along lower edge. Minor tear at lower edge of titel page. Starting at page 63. Rear end paper torn (up to 1.5 inches) at edges. Binding in overall fair, interior in good condition. fair to g. Hardcover. (39532) $50