[Seliḥot : rite of Provence].
[סליחות : מנהג פרובנס‏]‏.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Moldovan, Joseph, donor.

Moldovan, Susan, donor.

Moldovan Family Judaica Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Seliḥot.

סליחות. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50000518

Language:

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Jews.

France--Provence.

Jews--France--Provence--18th century.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

prayer books

fragments (object portions)

Manuscripts, European.

Penn Provenance:

GIFT FROM THE MOLDOVAN FAMILY COLLECTION By Joseph T. Moldovan C'76 and Susan A. Moldovan C'76. Donated in Honor and Memory of Jean and Dr. Alfred Moldovan.

Physical Description:

96 leaves : paper ; 200 x 140 (155 x 112) mm

Place of Publication:

[Provence], [1700?-1750?]

[פרובנס], [1700?-1750?]

Language Note:

Hebrew.

Summary:

This is a manuscript containing Seliḥot for the Rosh ha-Shanah service and some meant for the morning preceding Yom Kippur, all in a Provençal custom. This minhag follows the Sefardic custom of reciting Seliḥot as on one of the other Days of Repentance (see R. Isaac ben Sheshet Perfet, Teshuvot ha-Rivash, number 512) and it may follow the ruling of R. Hai Gaon (see "Teshuvot geʼone mizraḥ u-maʻarav", ed. Müller (Berlin: P. Deutsch, 1888), no. 122); this is distinct from the practice of Ashkenazim, who do not recite Seliḥot on Rosh ha-Shanah (see R. Jacob b. Asher, Ṭur ḥeleḳ Oraḥ Ḥayim, siman 602). The manuscript was intended to accompany a Maḥzor or another prayer book, as generally the standard prayers are either skipped or written in fine script while the focus is the piyutim for the Seliḥot. The headings of the piyutim include Seliḥah, Pizmon, Al-khrug (a Sefardic nomenclature; perhaps this is related to the Arabic al-khurūj), Miḥyeh, Siluḳ, and Rehuṭah. The manuscript had blank pages at the end, in which the Musaf prayer was written later by another hand (f. 91v). Since the begining of the manuscript is missing, the specific rite is unknown.

Contents:

1. f. 1r-25r: [Seliḥot] leil Rosh ha-Shanah]

2. f. 26r-63r: Seder ashmurot yom Rosh ha-Shanah

3. f. 64r-89r: Seder ashmurot she-lifne ha-ʻaśor.

1. f. 1r-25r: [סליחות] ליל ראש השנה

2. f. 26r-63r: סדר אשמורות יום ראש השנה

3. f. 64r-89r: סדר אשמורות שלפני העשור.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Collation: Paper, 96; 1 leaf, 1¹⁰ 2¹⁴ 3¹⁰ 4¹⁵ (+1) 5-7¹⁴, 4 leaves; modern foliation in pencil, lower left recto, 1-96.

Layout: 19-22 long lines; for poetic works (such as f. 11r-12v), the stanzas are in the center and the refrain is at the corners in large script. Quarto format.

Script: Written in a Sefardic cursive script; headings written in a large bold Sefardic cursive.

Origin: Probably written in Provence during the first half of the 18th century.

Disbound; heavy wear and staining. Many leaves detached from sewing. Heavily water damaged and faded.

Cited as:

UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 492.

OCLC:

1098216278

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