Obj. ID: 39311
Jewish printed books Sefirat ha-Omer, Amsterdam, 1817
This text was prepared by William Gross:
This miniature Sefirat ha-Omer book is bound in the same kind of binding as the Amsterdam calendars were bound - a piece of parchment with a tongue and slit closure. This is a very small book, about the same size as the calendars mentioned. Each page carries the prayer for that day and the calculation of different ways of denoted the date of the Omer counting.
The Proops family was involved in the printing of Hebrew books in Amsterdam from the beginning of the 18th century. As the longest lasting such printing house in that city over generations, their publications spanned more than 150 years. The current volume was issued by David b. Ya'akov Proops, who printed from 1810 to 1849 in partnership with H. van Emde and his widow. The famous press was then sold to Levisson.