Synagogue prayer written for the Kishinev Massacre of 1903 : manuscript.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Kishinev Massacre, Chișinău, Moldova, 1903.

Jews--England--London--20th century--History--Sources.

Jews.

Genre:

Prayers.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Rarity Auction House (Spring Valley, New York), November 2024.

Physical Description:

1 leaf : paper ; 27 cm

Production:

London? England?, 1903?

Contained In:

Miscellaneous Manuscripts. Box 26 Folder 32

Other Title:

Text begins: Tefilah beʻad aḥenu ha-nirdafim sheba-Erets Rusya ; Av ha-raḥamim, reʻeh na be-ḥasdekha et ha-galut [ha-ḥaṭaʼah[, ṿeha-rav shel aḥenu Bene Yiśraʼel ha-yoshvim ba-Erets Rusya...

תפלה בעד אחינו שנרדפים שבארץ רוסיא : אב הרחמים, ראה נא בחסדך את הגלות [החטאה], והרב של אחינו בני ישראל היושבים בארץ רוסיא...

Language Note:

In Hebrew.

Summary:

Manuscript prayer written for publication of a synagogue prayer for the Kishinev Jews killed, injured and made homeless following the 1903 Kishinev Massacre; the prayer contains description of the pogrom, as well as the mention of it as a catastrophe unheard of since the Destruction of the Temple, and the 1492 Spanish expulsion ("...אשר לא נשמע כמוה מיום גלות ישראל מאדמתם ומזמן גלות הישפאניא-ספרד..."). The first paragraph is of Yizkor ("Av ha-raḥamim...") and the second paragraph is a benediction and pledge ("Mi she-berakh...").

Notes:

Title devised by cataloger.

Cited as:

Synagogue Prayer Written for the Kishinev Massacre of 1903 (Misc Mss Box 26 Folder 32). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1528906202