Siddur for Simchat Torah and other holidays, "according to the Shingly rite". Amsterdam: Yosef, Yaakov and Avraham sons of Shlomo Proops, 1769.

Siddur according to the rite of the communities of Cochin, India. Cochin Jews traditionally hold Shingly (Cranganore / Kodungallur) to be the first site of Jewish settlement in the region (Kodungallur is a port city 18 km north of Cochin).

On title page: "These were all dispatched from the community of Cochin, from the elder R. Yechezkel Rachabi, to the community of the Hague… to be printed… in Amsterdam".

The siddur includes prayers for Simchat Torah, wedding ceremony (for wedding and Sheva Berachot, including piyyutim), havdalah, circumcision, Purim, prayers and piyyutim for Pesach evening, a brief selichot service and songs and piyyutim for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

Ownership inscription on title page.

[1], 100 leaves. Approx. 16 cm. Good condition. Stains. New binding, with laces for fastening.