Reupping this post on Sukkot manuscripts in honor of the holiday!
https://blogs.cul.columbia.edu/jewishstudiesatcul/2022/10/09/manuscripts-for-sukkot/
On the fall holiday of Sukkot (also known as the Feast of Tabernacles) Jews construct temporary huts (reminiscent of the temporary existence of the Jews in the Sinai Desert) and acquire a selection of greenery (palm fronds, citrons, myrtle and willow branches) for ritual use. The final days of the h
You may have heard of the Kol Nidre prayer, said on the evening of Yom Kippur and which focuses on vows that were made over the course of the year.
This 19th century manuscript includes a prayer for hatarat kelalot - nullification of curses one may have made over the course of the year.
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I went to the Maimonides exhibit at the Center for Jewish History (again) yesterday and saw a new page. (Lots of page turns recently, so it's like a new exhibit!)
Can't get over the gold decoration on the lines here..๐
#hebrewmss #mazeldon #bookhistodons
Save the date! Our annual Celebration of Collections is taking place on November 9, featuring some heavily annotated books belonging to Yaakov Emden, a 14th century Masoretic Bible on parchment, and polemics in Ladino that were separated and reunited!
https://facebook.com/events/s/norman-e-alexander-celebration/215883144812987/?mibextid=Gg3lNB
Michelle Margolis