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Printed Leaf for Sukkah – Ulu Ushpizin Ila'in – Prayers and Gematria for Sukkot – Kokand, 1916 – Judeo-Tajik
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Printed leaf to be hung in the Sukkah, Ulu Ushpizin Ila'in Kadishin, prayers and gematria for seven days of Sukkot, according to the order of the Ushpizin, with festival songs. Kokand (Bukhara, present-day Uzbekistan): Rachamim David Bayof for Chizkiyah Chachamof, with assistance of Azariah Yusuvof and Yaakov Yusufwej Baruchof, 1916. Judeo-Tajik (Bukharian).
Eight parts, each dedicated to one of the seven days of the festival, with a short prayer and numerical values pertinent to the Ushpizin of each day. The eighth part contains songs for Sukkot.
42.5X35 cm. Fair-poor condition. Stains, including dampstains. Many creases and folding marks. Tears, including many open tears to center of leaf and folds, affecting text, repaired with paper filling. Pen inscriptions to verso of leaf.
Rare. Not recorded in Bibliography of the Hebrew Book.
Few books were printed in Kokand in the Hebrew alphabet.
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