“Hazkorath Neshamoth…” Anthology of Hebrew prayers for the Sabbath, mostly for the Hazan.

The volume includes: <<*>> A truncated Friday Evening service. <<*>> Recitations following the Torah Reading and prior to Mussaph including several public readings (“Mi Shebeirach.”). <<*>> Yizkor service to be recited on the Sabbaths before Shavu’oth and Tisha B’Av, which includes a list of outstanding Ashkenazi rabbis, communal activists, and martyrs of prior centuries. With a separate list of communities in Poland and named martyrs. <<*>> Special Yizkor entries for Leib Katz’s father and wife, Sarah Rachel Pessel bath R. Yissachar Kohen. <<*>> Prayer for the Monarch: Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia (1744-1797) and his wife Frederica Louisa (1751-1805) are written in the original text. Pasted on top of these names are two panels added at later dates. One is for Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1756-1825) and his wife Frederica Carolina (1776-1841), and another paste-on for Ludwig I of Bavaria and his wife Therese (1792-1854). <<*>> Twenty pages of Yizkor entries written and bound in over many decades. In addition to a list of names, these entries often include descriptions with the unique virtues of individuals. <<*>> At the very end of this manuscript volume are bound the Haftaroth for the entire year taken from a printed text. <<Based on its well-thumbed condition, this treasured volume was clearly utilized for a very lengthy period of time. Most likely in the Bavarian community of Fürth.>>