Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art
By Kestenbaum & Company
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Jun 22, 2017
Brooklyn, NY, United States
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Hebrew manuscripts, two works bound in one volume:
* (Hilchoth Shechitah) [laws of ritual slaughter]. With extensive translation into Malayalam. pp. 53.
* Piyutim [poetic songs] for: Pesach, Shavu’oth, Sukoth, Shemini Atzereth, Simchath Torah and Shabbath Bereishith. pp. 100. According to the custom of Cochin.
Manuscript on paper written in square Hebrew characters with nikud in blue and brown ink. The two works are bound at at opposite ends of one volume. Contemporary half calf, worn. Sm. 4to.
(Cochin): c. 1900.
The Jews of Cochin had a long tradition of singing devotional hymns (piyyutim) and songs on festive occasions. Malayalam is the language found predominantly in the state of Kerala, located at the southern tip of India. Judeo-Malayalam, the only known Dravidian Jewish language, was spoken by the miniscule community of Cochini Jews, today practically extinct.
