The prayer book for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
(Mykolaiv Regional Museum of Culture and Traditions)
The prayer book for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (machzor).
Machzor is a prayers in Hebrew for holidays Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) and on Yom Kippur (Day of Judgment). The book cover is made of dark gray artificial leather with embossing.
- Museum / institution
- Mykolaiv Regional Museum of Culture and Traditions
- Inventory number in the institution
- КП-40 423 Д-19936
- unknown
- History, source, type and date of acquisition
- From a Jewish family of Mykolayiv. Transferred by Pastushenko V. from the city of Mykolayiv. In 1990 it was added to the register.
- Production period
- BCE
- Technique
- printing, embossing
- Religious holiday / lifecycle
- Rosh Hashanah
- Religious holiday / lifecycle, comment
- The book gives the texts of of Jewish prayers that are read during the two days of the holiday Rosh Hashanah and on Yom Kippur, which are celebrated on the 1st, 2nd and 10th of the month tishrei day according to the Jewish calendar. In the machzor there are the texts of prayers, the order of priestly blessing, the morning blessings, the blessings before and after the meal for Rosh Hashanah, the psalms that accompany the reading of prayers on these days, the order of tashlich, kapparot, etc.
- Era
- end of XIX - the beginning of XX
- Materials
- leathering, paper
- Dimensions, cm
- width: 20.00, height: 13.00, length: 2.00
- Preservation condition
- satisfactory
- Restoration
- no restoration needed
- Current location
- on display
- Since when displayed (year and month, the name of the exhibition or exposure)
- since 2007. The exhibition "200 years together".