Manuscript, Kabbalistic prayers and kavanot for the tokeah (the person who blows the shofar on Rosh Hashanah), includes the composition Hachanat HaTokeah, by an unidentified author. [Italy, 18th/19th century?].
Large format. Square and cursive Italian script.
Prayers and songs, unique version [according to one of the communities in Italy], including Kabbalistic kavanot and prayers in Hebrew and Aramaic. Written in scribal writing, in square script, vowelized.
Added to the end of the manuscript is an original composition [5 pages], in cursive Italian writing by another writer, about mussar and Kabbalistic "Preparations of the Tokeah before blowing [the shofar]". At the beginning of the composition is the title "Here is a short seder for the preparation of the Tokeah before the blowing and general kavanot for the tekiot according to mussar”. The writer added glosses and additions on the margins of the composition. To the best of our knowledge, the composition was never printed.
The writer of the composition, who was apparently proficient in Kabbalah, edited some of the prayers and kavanot. On Leaf 4b, he writes: “…The vowels of these names in Sefer HaKavanot by Rabbi Bach…”. [The Rabach – Rabbi Binyamin HaCohen Vitali (1651-1730), disciple of Rabbi Moshe Zakut, elder of Italian rabbis and kabbalists].
The manuscript contains many prayers. For further details, please see Hebrew description.
2; 17; 3 leaves (22 written leaves and additional empty leaves). 36.5 cm. High-quality paper. Good condition. Stains. Original leather binding, with damages.