Israel Museum officials announced that a rare prayer book from the 14th century will go on display at the museum's Shrine of the Book on Tuesday, September 15th, a few days before Rosh Hashana. The Nuremberg Mahzor is one of the world's largest medieval texts, weighing in at about 57 pounds, and remains mostly intact, missing only seven leaves. It includes a huge collection of handwritten prayers and liturgical poems and has rabbinical commentary in the margins. There are also more than 20 illuminations inlaid with gold and silver.
Find out more about the origins and history of this unique treasure of a manuscript, and get a look at one of the folios, in the article by Jen Thomas at the Associated Press.
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Thanks for the information about this Hebrew prayer book. The pictures of it show how incredibly well-written and beautiful it is. Hopefully this Hebrew Prayer Book will be photographed and images of it made available to the public!