Techinah Prayers. Days of Awe.

Auction 95 | Thursday, November 11th, 2021 at 11:00am

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art

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Lot 76

(WOMEN).

Techinah Prayers. Days of Awe.

Manuscript in Hebrew and Yiddish. Written on hand-ruled paper in an exquisite calligraphic Yiddish (‘vaybertaytsch’) and Hebrew hand. pp. 30. Light wear. Contemporary patterned boards, spine taped, extremities chipped. 4to.

Central Europe: c. 1800

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

A manuscript of heartfelt prayers in the Yiddish vernacular, to be recited alongside highlights in the High Holiday liturgy. These prayers, with occasional Hebrew, were traditionally intended for recitation by women. Includes prayers for Rosh Chodesh Elul, Selichos recited before Rosh Hashanah, the Aleinu prayer in the Musaf service, Ne’ilah of Yom Kippur, for the sets of the blowing of the Shofar, for Yizkor, and for the Hakafot and thrashing of Hoshana Raba.