Manuscript, Sefirat HaOmer, with Kabbalistic Kavanot. [Italy, 18th/19th century].

Square Italian script, partially vowelized. Pocket format. At the beginning of the manuscript are prayers, Kavanot and the blessing for counting the Omer, with Lamnatzeach in the shape of a Menorah. A subsequent page is dedicated to each one of the days of the Omer.

Ownership inscription on front endpaper. At the end is a long leaf (folded) with a list of names of men and women, ordered according to the months Tammuz-Av-Elul (perhaps their dates of death). The names are of families from the Piedmont region, most of them from the families Latas and Montel (apparently from Cuneo).

[28] leaves (and more blank leaves) + [1] folded leaf. Thick, high-quality paper. Approx. 10 cm. Good condition. Stains. Tears, affecting text with loss, to folded leaf at end. Original leather binding, damaged.

Provenance: Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, IT.011.026.

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