Manuscript, Samaritan machzor with prayers for the first month before Pesach. [Shechem (Nablus)], 1730. Hebrew (in Samaritan script) and some Arabic. Black and red ink on paper.

The volume comprises various prayers for the first month of the Samaritan calendar, before the festival of Pesach.

The manuscript was produced by the copyist Tzedakah son of Ibrahim son of Tzedakah son of Ibrahim HaDanafi, but several parts of the machzor are the work of Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Ghani (several sections may have been written by others). The manuscript includes several colophons. At end of manuscript, on pp. 160b-161a, colophon dated 1731.

Fine decorated leather binding, characteristic of Samaritan holy books.

[164] leaves (the marginal foliation, [161] leaves, is misnumbered). 21 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains, and dark ink stains in several places. Wear. Leaves and gatherings loose and partly detached. Original leather binding, with minor defects, detached.