Manuscript, Seder Tefillat Nashim – special prayers for women, scribed by R. Elisha Pontremoli. Chieri, Italy, 1814.

Hebrew in square Italian script, vowelized; with titles and instructions in Italian (in Latin characters).
Includes special prayers for women, including prayers for a pregnant woman, prayer for the ninth month of pregnancy, a prayer for candle-lighting, while separating Challah, for the night of immersion in the Mikveh, following birth, a prayer for a nursing woman, and more.

Colophon on last page by the scribe, R. Elisha Pontremoli (1779-1852), an Italian Torah scholar, author of many works still in manuscript.

[12] leaves. 17 cm. Fair-good condition. Dark and stained leaves. Stains. Some wear. Original parchment binding, damaged.

Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, IT.011.006.

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