Megillah service, between 1800 and 1850.
סדר מקרא מגילה

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Karp, Abraham J., former owner.

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

Standardized Title:

שהחיינו. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2014006822

Language:

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Jews.

History.

Purim--Liturgy.

Purim.

North Africa.

Morocco.

Yosef Shaʼul ben Shemariyah--Marriage.

Purim--Liturgy--Texts.

Jews--Morocco--History--Sources.

Jews--Africa, North--History--Sources.

Jewish marriage customs and rites--Africa, North.

Jewish marriage customs and rites.

Local Subjects:

Yosef Shaʼul ben Shemariyah--Marriage.

Genre:

Sources.

Texts.

Penn Provenance:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : parchment ; 100 x 142 mm

Other Title:

ברכות המגילה.

Place of Publication:

between 1800 and 1850.

בין 1800-1850.

Language Note:

In Hebrew.

Summary:

This is a manuscript parchment leaf that originally accompanied a Megillah presented to a groom as a wedding gift, on which the scribe wrote the blessings which preceding and following the public Megillah reading on Purim, along with good wishes to the groom. The groom was Yosef Shaʼul ben Shemariyah, and this manuscript originated in North Africa, possibly Morocco, during the early 19th century. Written in two columns inside a frame of two bounding lines, with an additional two bounding lines dividing the center; written in a Sephardic square script. Gift inscription written inside drawn arc-shaped enclosures above blessings, forming a design of two tablets.

Cited as:

UPenn Karp BIII.5a.

Contains:

Shehechiyanu.

Birkhot ha-Megilah.

שהחיינו.

ברכות המגילה.

OCLC:

1264840954