Seder she-omerim ḳ.[ehal] ḳ.[edoshim] y.[ereʼim] Ashkenazim aḥar ḳ.[eriʼat] S.[efer] T.[orah], between 1800 and 1860.
סדר שאומרים קק"י אשכנזים אחר קס"ת

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Karp, Abraham J., former owner.

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

Standardized Title:

יקום פרקן. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97020407

ברכת החודש. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2015069728

Language:

Aramaic

Hebrew

Italian

Subjects (All):

Rosh Hodesh.

Sabbath.

Ashkenazim.

Italy.

Ashkenazim--Italy--Prayers and devotions.

Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy, 1820-1878.

Victor Emmanuel.

Judaism--Prayers and devotions.

Judaism.

Sabbath--Prayers and devotions.

Rosh Hodesh--Prayers and devotions.

Genre:

Prayers and devotions.

prayers (document genre)

Prayers.

Devotional literature.

Penn Provenance:

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

Physical Description:

1 leaf : paper ; 262 x 180 (205 x 163) mm

Place of Publication:

between 1800 and 1860.

בין 1800-1860.

Language Note:

In Hebrew; Yekum purkan prayers in Aramaic; name of monarch in Italian.

Summary:

This is a manuscript of the public prayers to be recited by the chazzan following the reading of the Torah on the Sabbath in an Ashkenazic congregation. The manuscript consists of multiple pasted leaves to cardboard, with two punch holes at the top originally tied with string for the manuscript to be carried by the chazzan while holding the Torah scroll. Since the caption title designates it as a liturgical order of "the community of Ashkenazim", it originates from an Ashkenazic community in northern Italy (such as Padua or Casale Monferrato). The prayers consist of the two complete paragraphs of Yekum purkan (two Aramaic prayers originating in Babylonia in the 8th-9th centuries), a prayer recited on the Sabbath preceding Rosh Hodesh (announcing the name of the upcoming month and the day Rosh Hodesh is to fall out on), a prayer for the protection of the monarch and his reign (with an adhered note specifying that the monarch "המלך Vittorio Emanuele II Rue d'Italia", referring to Victor Emmanuel II King of Italy), and a final blessing for the congregation, specially "those who donate candles for lighting, wine for ḳidush (the ceremonial blessing over wine recited on Friday nights) and Havdalah (ceremony marking the end of the Sabbath), bread for the visitors, and alms for the poor." Written in 22 long lines on recto and 28 on verso in an Italian square script; text in parenthesis on verso written in an Italian cursive script.

Contents:

1. f. 1r: Yeḳum purḳan

2. f. 1r: Birkat ha-ḥodesh

3. f. 1v: Tefilah le-hatslaḥat ha-malkhut

4. f. 1v: Mi she-berakh la-ḳahal.

1. f. 1r: יקום פרקן

2. f. 1r: ברכת החודש

3. f. 1v: תפלה להצלחת המלכות

4. f. 1v: מי שברך לקהל.

Cited as:

UPenn Karp BV.16.

Contains:

Yekum purkan.

New Moon, Announcement of.

יקום פרקן.

ברכת החודש.

OCLC:

1249448367