Manuscript, Passover Dahir. [Morocco, 20th century.]
Square and semi-cursive script, partially vocalized. Fine decorations, some in color, in characteristic Moroccan style, with two "rug pages".
Colophon at the end of the manuscript with date, name of scribe and owner. Under the colophon is an ownership inscription in another hand.
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 Judeo-Arabic translation (paragraph by paragraph), additional Judeo-Arabic piyyutim, and the Targum of the festival Haftarot.
[24] leaves. 20.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming, affecting text. Small tears and open tears, affecting text, partially repaired with paper. Inscriptions. New paper wrapper.
Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, MO.011.076.
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