[Megillah service : Yemeni rite].
[סדר מקרא מגילה : נוסח תימן].

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.

Yemen (Republic).

Arvit (Purim)--Liturgical use--Yemen (Republic).

Arvit (Purim).

Purim--Liturgy--Texts--Manuscripts.

Jews--Yemen (Republic)--History--Sources.

Genre:

Sources.

Texts.

Manuscripts.

prayers (document genre)

Penn Provenance:

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

Physical Description:

1 leaf : parchment ; 270 x 114 (196 x 100) mm

Other Title:

Ḥasde H'.

חסדי ה'.

ארור המן.

Place of Publication:

[Yemen], [between 1700 and 1799]

[תימן], [בין 1700-1799]

Language Note:

Hebrew.

Summary:

This is a manuscript of the prayer preceding the blessings recited upon the public reading of the Scroll of Esther (Megillah), the text of the blessings, and the sentences following the public reading. In the Yemenite custom, a parchment leaf would be read aloud; the paragraph of "Ḥasde H'" consisted of verses with prophecies of national salvation (opening with Isaiah 63:7-9, including Hosea 11:8-9, and Leviticus 26:44).

Notes:

Ms. leaf.

Title supplied by cataloger; alternate title Ḥasde H' from top line.

Layout: Written in 32 lines, blind-ruled; final four lines centered, with the three preceding the final line in two columns.

Script: Written in a Yemenite semicursive script; Megillah blessing, Divine names, and final lines written in a Yemenite square script.

Decoration: Small flourish following the first paragraph (line 19).

Origin: Written in Yemen during the 18th century.

Cited as:

UPenn Karp BIII.3r.

Contains:

Shehechiyanu.

Arur Haman.

שהחיינו.

ארור המן.

OCLC:

1264797667