Liturgies for the Days of Awe
Manuscript ID:
MS 434
Place:
L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France
Date:
1690
Description:
ink on paper; 195 leaves (23.4 x 17.3 cm.); Provençal cursive Hebrew script
Copyist:
Abraham Shalom ben Mordechai Leon
Subject:
Liturgy
English Text:
The Jews of the Comtat Venaissin were distinctive for using a liturgy based on the old Provençal rite. This volume contains a set of liturgies from the Provençal rite, one from that of L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, and the other from that of Carpentras. It contains a variety of prayer for the High Holidays, including:
(1) L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue
(a) ashmorot for the six weekdays followed by one for the Fast of Gedalia;
(b) ashmorot for the ten Days of Awe;
(c) the Yom Kippur liturgy;
(2) Carpentras
(a) the liturgy for the eve and morning of Rosh ha-Shanah.
Manuscript Link:
https://huc.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1008967019