• Ms. 357




    Categories

    Liturgy
    Manuscript

    Mahzor for Rosh ha-Shanah and Yom Kippur Eve


    Manuscript ID:
    MS 357

    Place:
    Carpentras(?), Provence, France

    Date:
    1733

    Description:
    ink on paper; 155 leaves (20.9 x 14.7 cm.); Provençal cursive Hebrew script

    Copyist:
    Eliyahu Karmi

    Former Owner:
    Abraham Hayim of Meyrargues

    Subject:
    Liturgy


    The Jews of the Comtat Venaissin were distinctive for using a liturgy based on the old Provençal rite. This liturgical manuscript from the Capentras rite not only covers Rosh haShanah, but also includes “Ashmoret ‘erev ha-tsom” with an introduction and commentary by the copyist Eliyahu Karmi (possibly Crémieux?) and Rabbi Joseph of Monteux. In addition the last five leaves contain Karmi’s commentary titled “Sheyare tohorah.”


    Manuscript Link:
    https://huc.on.worldcat.org/oclc/959598987


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