Group of c. 20 Hebrew manuscript prayers and incantations for various occasions.

(LITURGY).

v.p.

18th/19th century

Several very finely written. Seven on vellum, rest on paper.

Includes prayers for rain, prayers for salvation, the complete Imru Lelokim High Holiday Piyyut (omitted from contemporary services), prayer that cattle not succumb to disease, blessings for Tefillin, prayers for the acceptance of a fast, prayer for Divine forgiveness, expiation for "crib death" of an infant, etc. Kabbalistic incantations include: Thirteen Attributes of Mercy, meditations before blowing the Shofar, atonement for nocturnal emission, Pitum HaKetoreth, adjuration of a dream, meditation upon reading Megillath Esther, prayer for financial security, etc.