(LITURGY).
“Hazkorath Neshamoth…” Anthology of Hebrew prayers for the Sabbath, mostly for the ...

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


Hebrew manuscript written in square and cursive calligraphic Ashkenazic hands on vellum and paper. Illuminated title-page, featuring Moses and Aaron, records the name: Leib Kat’z of Fürth. Following leaf decorated in colors featuring floral vase. With later stamp of Rabbi Dr. L. Breslauer (Fürth-New York, 1894-1983).
ff. 14 (ms. on vellum), ff. 11 (ms. on paper), ff. 32 (printed). Worn from extensive use, title page torn, stained in places. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed. 4to.
(Fürth): 1762


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.