Prayer against heavy rains, between 1800-1899.
תפילה נגד רבוי גשמים

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.

Judaism--Sephardic rite.

Greece.

Italy.

Floods--Religious aspects.

Floods.

Rain-making--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Rain-making.

Judaism--Sephardic rite--Prayers and devotions.

Judaism.

Jews--Italy--History--Sources.

Jews--Greece--History--Sources.

Genre:

Sources.

Prayers and devotions.

prayers (document genre)

Prayers.

Devotional literature.

Penn Provenance:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : paper ; 130 x 173 (55 x 172) mm

Place of Publication:

between 1800-1899.

בין 1800-1899.

Language Note:

In Hebrew.

Summary:

This is a manuscript leaf of a prayer against overabundance of rains and flooding, written for a Sephardic custom likely in south Italy or Greece. The prayer is mentioned in Shulḥan ʻarukh Oraḥ ḥayim (577:1) and derived from the prayers of Honi Ha'meaggel (Galilean Tanna, 1st century BC) and of Ishmael ben Elisha ha-kohen (1st century AD; recounted in Bavli Ta'anit 23a and Berakhot 7a respectively, see Rivkes, Be'er ha-golah to Oraḥ ḥayim 577). This manuscript version was to be recited independently of the Amidah as it is in a strictly Sephardic rite. Written in 8 lines in a square script (similar to 19th century Livornese examples); prayer vocalized. Small design following final line.

Cited as:

UPenn Karp BII.45b.

OCLC:

1285527187