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Created about seven centuries ago, the Luzzatto High Holiday Mahzor is a scribal masterpiece comprising the liturgy for the two holiest festivals on the Jewish calendar, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Preserved in exceptionally fine condition, it is one of only a small number of illustrated Ashkenazic mahzorim to have come down to us. This presentation will explore the manuscript's decorative program, text, and provenance with an eye toward understanding how the book can teach us about medieval and early modern Jewish custom, migration, and spiritual resilience.
Shaul Seidler-Feller joined the Sotheby's Books and Manuscripts Department as a Judaica specialist in 2017. Since that time, he has researched and catalogued such important sales as SASSOON: A Golden Legacy (December 2020), The Luzzatto High Holiday Mahzor (October 2021), and Codex Sassoon: The Earliest Most Complete Hebrew Bible (May 2023), the latter two of which broke auction records for Judaica. In addition, he serves as a freelance Judaica consultant and has translated or edited four books in Jewish Studies. He holds a master's degree in medieval Jewish history from the Bernard Revel Graduate School, Yeshiva University, and rabbinic ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary.