Collection of Mizmorim and Prayers for Motza'ei Shabbat - Includes a Scientific-Religious Essay on the "Self-Light" ...

Collection of Mizmorim and Prayers for Motza'ei Shabbat - Includes a Scientific-Religious Essay on the "Self-Light" of the Moon - Vilnius, 1879 - Unknown Edition - Extremely Rare
Collection of Mizmorim Motza'ei Shabbat. Vilnius, 1878-1879. The book was edited by Reb Eliezer Lipman Metz and was printed by his son, Reb Yehuda Leib Metz.
The book contains Seder Eruvei Tavshilin, Eruv Chatzerot and Eruv Techumin, Song of Songs with cantillation notes, Kabbalat Shabbat, Arvit for Shabbat and Motza'ei Shabbat, collection of Psalms for Motza'ei Shabbat, "Ve'Yiten Kecha, blessings of Kiddush Levanah, Seder Havdalah, Zemirot for Motza'ei Shabbat.
This rare edition is not listed by the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book. The other copies of this edition do not have the same binding, which depicts astronomical bodies and words by the compiler.

Before the title page, a partial title page with an impressive illustration of King David praying, the "divine spirit" above him.
In the title page, the editor, Reb Eliezer Lipman, describes the unique and surprising essay included in the book, titled ""Commentary on the Procession of the Moon", which "explains how the moon has self-light that lights the world and does not need the light of the sun … in contrast to early philosophers and commentators who had decided that the moon has no self-light at all…"

In the long essay, from page 97 and onwards, the author presents the blessing of the moon and raises questions regarding it.
The essay is accompanied by illustrations.

104 pp.
Condition: Good. Damaged, worn binding.