1 item ([1] leaf) ; 108 x 70 cm.

Hebrew; Aramaic

Purchased from Bery Gross on the Arthur D. Krom Fund, 2008.

Manuscript, ink and paint on paper. The design of the document consists mainly of the calligraphy and micrographic verses in black ink, as well as colorful floral stickers. The two stickers at the bottom are of a soccer ball surrounded by flowers and a billards table surrounded by flowers. The shiviti includes the traditional elements: Psalm 16:8, "I have set (shiviti) the Lord always before me" and Psalm 67 written in the form of the seven-branched candelabrum.The shiviti also includes the Aramaic prayer "Berikh shemeh" recited in the synagogue when the ark is opened. According to inscription at the bottom, the scribe was Shelomoh Yaʻaḳov Harari Naʻim and the shiviti was donated by Mosheh Mordekhai ʻEni ha-Leṿi and his brothers in honor of their father, Mordekhai ʻEni ha-Leṿi, on the first of the Hebrew month of Ḥeshṿan, 5698 [October 6, 1937].

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September 09, 2008

Shiviti plaque, Hebrew MSS suppl 187. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Shiviti plaque, Hebrew MSS suppl 187. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Shiviti - Argentina - Buenos Aires - 20th century.