Sefirat ha-Omer ("Counting of the Omer") and other prayers
Description
The "Counting of the Omer" is the ritual counting of the 49 days
between Passover and Shavuot, the Feast of Weeks. In this
manuscript, these days and their corresponding numbers, are
inscribed in 49 quatrefoils. F. 18r shows a menorah with the seven
verses of Psalm 67 inscribed in microsript on the seven arms of the
candelabrum. The scribe Baruch ben Shemaria from Brest-Litovsk
(Belarus) created this manuscript in Amsterdam in 1795 for Aaron
ben Abraham Prinz, of Alkmaar in the Netherlands, as noted on the
title page. The drawing on f. 1r, a page of calligraphic
decoration, depicts the giant Samson as Atlas, since, according to
rabbinical tradition, he was endowed with superhuman strength.
Place
Preferred form
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Original form
Amsterdam, Baruch ben Schemaria
Other form
Amsterdam
Amsterdam, copied and decorated by Hijman Binger
Amsterdam, copied by Meir Cohen Belinfante, decorated by Isaac Siprut
Netherlands, Amsterdam
Duyk Pieters dochter in het St. Catharinaconvent te Amsterdam (1e helft 16e eeuw)
