Manuscript, Passover Dahir. [Morocco, 20th century].

Square and semi-cursive script. Some pages with fine decorations, characteristic of Morocco, colored green, brown and purple, on "rugs" and architectural frames.

Inscription at end of manuscript (p. 54b).

The Passover Dahir was customarily recited in North African communities during Pesach. The work contains a halachic piyyut on the laws of Pesach, in Hebrew and in stanza-by-stanza Judeo-Arabic translation, additional piyyutim in Judeo-Arabic, and Targum of the festival haftarot.

[46] leaves. 13.5 cm. Overall fair condition. Several leaves in fair-poor condition. Stains, including dark dampstains, with fading of ink, affecting text in several places. Tears, open tears and various defects, affecting text. New leather binding, with defects.