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Prayer during drought, between 1830-1870.
תפלה לבצורת
Library at the Katz Center - Archives Room Manuscript Karp BII.28
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Language:
- Aramaic
- Hebrew
- Subjects (All):
- Jews.
- History.
- Droughts.
- Italy.
- Jewish prayers for rain.
- Droughts--Religious aspects.
- Jews--Italy--History--Sources.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- prayers (document genre)
- Penn Provenance:
- Formerly in the collection of Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Karp.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (1 leaf) : paper ; 207 x 152 (165 x 128) mm
- Other Title:
- Tefilah ʻal ʻatsirat geshamim
- תפלה על עצירת גשמים
- בגשמי אורה תאיר אדמה.
- Place of Publication:
- between 1830-1870.
- בין 1830-1870.
- Language Note:
- In Hebrew; lines from second paragraph in Aramaic (recto).
- Summary:
- This is a manuscript of a prayer recited during drought, recited in public during the chazzan's repetition of the Amidah. Item originated in Italy, likely south Italy, during the middle of the 19th century. Written in three paragraphs (recto) and two columns (verso); written in an Italian square script. Wood stamped border (recto); instructions inside drawn flourishes; columns separated by parallel dot patterns (verso).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Karp BII.28.
- Contains:
- Be-gishme orah ta-ir adamah.
- בגשמי אורה תאיר אדמה.
- OCLC:
- 1277075664
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