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| Exhibition in Jerusalem presents the oldest known manuscript of Jewish prayers. A 1,200-year-old Jewish prayer book, or siddur, is displayed at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem on September 18, 2014. Originating from the Middle East, the 50-page-long book written in Hebrew is the oldest known manuscript of Jewish prayers. AFP PHOTO/GALI TIBBON. |
ISRAEL---The oldest known Book of Jewish Prayers is on display in "The Book of Books" exhibition at the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem for four weeks only. This unique Medieval Manuscript of Jewish Prayers and other Texts is approximately 50 pages long and dates to the first half of the 9th century CE. The manuscript, written on parchment, includes a number of liturgical and non-liturgical compositions which appear to be Babylonian in style and content. A partially preserved Shaharit (morning) prayer for the Sabbath and a Haggadah for Passover appear in this manuscript—making them the earliest attestation of these primary liturgies in the history of Judaism. [
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