• Ms. 243




    Categories

    Liturgy
    Manuscript

    Zeh śefer shaʻare tefilot ... u-vaḳashot ṿe-segulot [Women’s Prayer Book]


    Manuscript ID:
    Ms. 243

    Place:
    Italy

    Date:
    18th century

    Description:
    ink on paper, 62 leaves (leaves 52-63 blank) (13.5 x 9.3 cm.); pointed Italian square Hebrew characters and Italian cursive characters

    Subject:
    Liturgy


    This manuscript is a prayer book for women, which includes the regulations in Italian. It includes prayers for tevilah, pregnancy, and birth, as well as a parental benediction, a prayer for sleeping children, and a prayer for lighting the Sabbath candles, among others.


    Manuscript Link:
    https://huc.on.worldcat.org/oclc/959582483


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