• Ms. 225




    Categories

    Liturgy
    Manuscript

    [Mohel book]


    Manuscript ID:
    Ms. 225

    Place:
    Italy

    Date:
    before 1828

    Description:
    ink on paper, [25] leaves (13 x 9 cm); Italian square and cursive Hebrew characters

    Former Owner:
    M. Lipschutz

    Subject:
    Liturgy


    This circumcision liturgy for practitioners, or mohel book, is in several hands. It includes directions in Italian and a variety of additional piyyutim as well as a prayer by Shabbethai Elḥanan Pesaro of Ferrara. On leaf 5v there is also a handsome depiction of the mystical menorah of Rabbi Eleazar of Worms


    Manuscript Link:
    https://huc.on.worldcat.org/oclc/959350498


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