[Defus ḳoʼoperṭivi "Aḥdut"] and [דפוס קואופרטיבי "אחדות"]
Subject (Name):
Lev, Avraham, 1894-1972, editor. and לב, אברהם.
Subject (Topic):
Hebrew wit and humor, Hebrew wit and humor--Newspapers., Jewish wit and humor, Jewish wit and humor--Newspapers., Purim, Purim--Humor., Satire, Hebrew, and Satire, Hebrew--Palestine--Newspapers.
[Defus ḳoʼoperṭivi "ha-Poʻel ha-tsaʻir"] and [דפוס קואופרטיבי "הפועל הצעיר"
Subject (Name):
Lev, Avraham, 1894-1972 and לב, אברהם.
Subject (Topic):
Hebrew wit and humor, Hebrew wit and humor--Newspapers., Jewish wit and humor, Jewish wit and humor--Newspapers., Purim, Purim--Humor., Satire, Hebrew, and Satire, Hebrew--Palestine--Newspapers.
Illuminated plaque on paper with calligraphy and decorative elements. Includes four liturgical poems for Purim customary among Kurdish Jews, verses from the Book of Esther, and the blessings recited before and after the reading of the Megillah.
Description:
Imperfect: mutilated with loss of text and illustration. and Verso blank.
Manuscript, ink and paint on paper. Shiviti plaque using the traditional appearance and texts of a shiviti tablet, including Psalm 16:8, "I have set [Heb. shiṿiti] God always before me," and Psalm 67, but mainly containing texts relating to the festival
Alternative Title:
[Shivviti plaque for Purim], Shiviti plaque : [Kurdistan], late 19th or early 20th cent., and שויתי : קורדיסטן, סוף המאה ה-19 או תחילת המאה ה-20.
Description:
Purchased from Bery Gross on the Alexander Lowenthal Judaica Book Fund, 2007.
Subject (Geographic):
Kurdistan--Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Habib ben ʻAziz and חביב בן עזיז
Subject (Topic):
Jewish art and symbolism, Manuscripts, Hebrew --Kurdistan, Prayer--Judaism, Purim, and Religious articles--Kurdistan
