Tefilah le-sh[aliaḥ] ts[ibur] ḳodem ha-tefilat Musaf be-R[osh] ha-[Shanah] uve-Y[om] ha-[Kipurim].
תפלה לש"צ קודם התפילת מוסף בר"ה וביה"כ.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Karp, Abraham J., former owner.

Abraham J. and Deborah Karp Collection of Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Jews.

History.

Italy.

Rosh ha-Shanah--Liturgy--Texts.

Rosh ha-Shanah.

Rosh ha-Shanah--Liturgy.

Yom Kippur--Liturgy--Texts.

Yom Kippur.

Yom Kippur--Liturgy.

Kavvanot (Cabala).

Repentance--Judaism.

Repentance.

Jews--Italy--History--Sources.

Genre:

Sources.

Texts.

Manuscripts, European.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly in the collection of Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Karp.

Formerly owned by M.Ḥ.S. (מ.ח.ס., inscription, upper right corner, f. 1r).

Physical Description:

4 leaves 2 bifolia : paper ; 205 x 136 (165 x 108) mm

Place of Publication:

[Italy], [between 1700 and 1750].

[איטליה], [בין 1700-1750].

Language Note:

Hebrew.

Summary:

This is a manuscript on deckle-edged paper of the prayer of the chazzan recited before Musaf on the High Holidays; it is a cabalistic innovation and not the traditional prayer of the cantor. The prayer employs tserufe shemot (צרופי שמות, divine and angelic names highlighted among the text for meditation and not to be pronounced) throughout. It is a long text, invoking themes from the Seliḥot and self-humbling pronouncements by the cantor; notably, it invokes kavvanot (exact meditations for prayer), including those of "the (kavvanot) of Yotam ben ʻUziyahu (referring to Jotham of Judah from the Book of Kings), Rashbi (Simeon bar Yohai, 2nd century) and Rav Elʻazar his son" (f. 2r). This is followed by four verses from the Psalms meant to be recited preceding the Kaddish of the Amidah, attributed to "Rabenu Tam" (in this case, Jacob of Orléans, d. 1189), in which there is an acrostic of the Tetragrammaton (f. 3r).

Notes:

Ms. leaves.

Title from opening caption.

Collation: Paper, 4; 2²; modern foliation in pencil [i, 1-3], lower left recto.

Layout: Written in 21-22 long lines ruled in lead.

Script: Written in an Italian square script with vocalization; captions, catchwords, and instructions unvocalized. Letters within words enlarged to indicate importance for meditation.

Origin: Written in Italy during the early 18th century.

Handwritten note by Karp: נמצא בתוך מחזור מנטובה 1718, מנהג רומא (found inside (a printed) Maḥzor Mantua 1718, Roman custom; f. i verso). This suggests that it may have been a silent prayer used by a chazzan for silent meditation and not recited publicly (generally, the custom of the chazzan reciting the prayer preceding Musaf was to recite it aloud).

Cited as:

UPenn Karp BV.4.

OCLC:

1243162287