Seder Hashkavah, use of Amsterdam : manuscript.
סדר השכבה, מנהג אמשטרדם.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Elis & Ruth Douer Endowed Fund.

Language:

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Judaism--Prayers and devotions--17th century.

Judaism.

Manuscripts, Hebrew--Netherlands--Amsterdam--17th century--Specimens.

Manuscripts, Hebrew.

Sephardim--Netherlands--Amsterdam--17th century--Liturgy--Texts.

Sephardim.

Genre:

Prayers.

Litanies.

Manuscripts.

Manuscripts, European.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Kestenbaum & Co., Auction 57 lot 149.

Physical Description:

4 leaves : paper ; 15 cm

Production:

[Amsterdam?], [1600?-1699?]

Language Note:

In Hebrew.

Summary:

Portion of a manuscript written for the funeral service liturgy, used by the Amsterdam Sephardic community during the 17th century, including a litany for Psalm XCI (called Yiftaḥ lekha aperyon, recited with verses of the Psalm); written in a Sephardic square script (caption written in a Sephardic semicursive script); f. 1r written in a tapered column, and f.1v written in two columns.

Contents:

1. f.1r: [Hashkavah verses]

2. f.1v-2r: Le-neti[v?] Yah shemaʻ evyonekha : Yiftaḥ lekha aperyon, Yoshev ba-seter Elyon...

3. f.2v-3r: Tsadiḳ atah Yy. bore sheḥaḳim [completion of Hashkavah recitation] ...

4. f.4r: Hashkavah la-Hakham.

Notes:

Title devised by cataloger.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Elis & Ruth Douer Endowed Fund.

OCLC:

1543147383

Bound With:

Bound with: Gallego, Joseph Shalom. Sefer Imre noʿam (Amsterdam : Manasseh ben Israel, [5]388 (1627/8)).

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