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Reupping this post on Sukkot manuscripts in honor of the holiday!

https://blogs.cul.columbia.edu/jewishstudiesatcul/2022/10/09/manuscripts-for-sukkot/

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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.
X893 J745

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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..😍
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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

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@culhebrewmss This one returned from the Center for Conservation of Art and Historic Artifacts a couple of months ago - the starch in the pages had stuck them together so the book couldn't be opened. CCAHA painstakingly conserved the manuscript page by page until it could be used once again. 15th century, Mizrahi hand.
X893 M584
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