In addition to the Seder Birkat ha-Mazon ("Grace after Meals"),
this mid-18th century manuscript contains the Birkhot ha-Nehenin
("Blessings over Enjoyments"), the Shalosh Mitzvot Nashim ("Three
Commandments for Women") and the Seder Keri’at Shema al ha-Mittah
("Reading of the Shema before retiring at night"). The passages
relating to the three commandments imposed on women indicate that
the book was meant as a bridal gift. Besides the image on the front
page, the book contains 22 smaller colored illustrations. A Hebrew
phrase on the the title page refers to the place of origin,
Deutschkreutz in Burgenland (Austria). Based on stylistic
characteristics of the script and decoration, the manuscript can be
attributed to the scribe and illustrator Aaron Wolf Herlingen.
