Handwritten Leaf – Prayer for "Tikun Keri" – Rawitsch, 1818

Handwritten Leaf – Prayer for "Tikun Keri" – Rawitsch, 1818
Prayer for "Tikun Keri". Large leaf, for hanging in the Synagogue. Rawitsch, Posen region, Germany / Poland, 1818.
Ink on thick paper.
Large handwritten leaf, for hanging in the Synagogue. At the top, the word "Yehi" is enlarged inside a round frame. The times for reading the prayer are specified on the right and left of the leaf: "On Shabbat when the New Month is blessed say this prayer"; "Look at the time the 'Chazan' says 'UMipnei Chata'enu'and say this prayer" (This prayer is said according to the "Mekubalim" in the Synagogue during "Birkat HaChodesh", on "Yamim Nora'im" and festivals during the "Mussaf" prayer). The word "Yehi", the instructions and the leaf's frame all have branch-like delicate decorations. At the bottom of the leaf, in an oval frame, is the year and name of the scribe: "Shmuel ben HaChaver Yeshaya the scribe of the Rawitsch community".
36X49.5 cm. frame 63.5X77.5 cm. Fair condition. Dark paper. Several blurred letters. Stains, tears and damage to margins, professionally restored. Not examined out of frame.