----------------------- Message requiring your approval ---------------------- From: Seth Jerchower <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: HASAFRAN Digest 2849: 15) [ha-Safran]: Indian Siddur
I believe the only Indian Siddur in print is:
Madrikh tikhse Bene Yi�sra'el / hubar `a. y. Shim`on Kolet = A guide to Bene Israel ceremonies / compiled by Shimeon Kollet. Publisher: [Lod, Israel : Sh. Kollet, 2001] and glossary in English.
According to a newsletter from Kulanu.org (http://www.kulanu.org/newsletters/2002-spring.pdf): Guide to Bene Israel Ceremonies by Shimeon Kollet is written in Hebrew and is available only from the author. Send check for $15 plus $5 postage to S. Kollet, 4/11 Nechushtan Street, 71262 Lod, Israel.
The JTSA Special Collections has a wonderful array of Indian Jewish liturgy and printing, and I would also consult Fred Astren's catalogue for items at the Magnes Museum in Berkeley:
Title: The Jewish printed book in India : imprints of the
Blumenthal Rare Book and Manuscript Library / Fred
Astren.
Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : Judah L. Magnes Museum, 1992.A fair amount of Jewish Indian imprints appeared in Marathi, a few others in Malayalam, and much in Judeo-Arabic (depending on the target community, i.e., Bene Israel, Cochini, Baghdadi). Readily available should be the reproduction of the Marathi and Hebrew Haggadah:
Hagadat Bene Yisra'el = The Haggadah of Bene Israel of India. [New York] : [Orphan Hospital Ward of Israel], [1968] Orphan Hospital Ward of Israel. Passover Haggadah ; 8. Other Authors: Fischel, Walter Joseph, 1902- Reproduction (partially reduced) of Bombay, 1846 ed.(Yaari no. 656).
However, truly splendid is the 1874 Pune edition ([Poona : Prepared and published by Jacob Talkar and Aaron David Talkar, at Vital Skharam Agnihorty's Press, 1874]), of which I'm attaching an illustration of the preparations for Pesah, including sari-clad women, with nose-jewelery and mangalsutras baking matsot (see also Yerushalmi, Y.H. Haggadah and history, plates 107-110).
Of course, see Yaari, Ha-Defus ha-`Ivri be-artsot ha-mizrah. [1936-40] Finally, for Malayalam and Jewish speakers, see: http://www.jewish-languages.org/jewish-malayalam.html
For Judeo-Persian, we have: Title: Nusah ha-tefilah shel Yehude Paras : mahadurah metsulemet shel ketav-yad ... / mavo ve-he`arot me'et Shelomoh Tal. Siddur (Sephardic) Publisher: Jerusalem : Makhon Ben-Tsevi le-heker kehilot Yi�sra'el ba-Mizrah, 741, 1980. Description: Book 46, 252, viii p. ; 21 x 22 cm. LC Subject(s): Judaism--Liturgy--Texts. Notes: Added t.p.: The Persian Jewish prayer book. Other Contributors: Tal, Shlomo, 1909- Location: Ctr for Adv Judaic Studies Lib, 4th & Walnut Sts. Call Number: BM674.27 .T36 1980 Status: Available, check location ALSO: Stanford University Libraries - CSUG University of Florida - FLUG State University of New York at Binghamton - NYBG New York Public Library Jewish Division - NYPH (Hebrew)
Title: Sidur tefilah : ke-minhag Sefaradim : u-meturgam be-lashon Parsit \ [tirgem] Mordekhai Aklar. Siddur (Sephardic) Publisher: Yerushala[y]im : Ahim ha-Kohen, 668-670 [1908-1910] Description: Book 2 v. ; 18 cm. LC Subject(s): Siddurim--Texts. Judeo-Persian language--Texts. Notes: In Hebrew and Judeo-Persian. Hebrew mostly vocalized. Contents: helek 1. Li-yeme ha-hol, ve-nikra `Avodat ha-tamid helek 2 Li-yeme ha-Shabat, ve-nikra `Olat Shabat. Other Contributors: Aklar, Mordecai ben Raphael, 1856-1936. Location: Ctr for Adv Judaic Studies Lib Stacks Mini, 4th & Walnut Call Number: BM674.249.P38 A663 1908 Status: Available, check location Volume Holdings: v.2 ALSO Princeton University Library - NJPG (Hebrew)
Another book: Location: Princeton University Library - NJPG Columbia University Libraries - NYCG Title: [Siddur. Persian.] Niyayish-i zan-i Yahudi / asar-i Amalya Marsdin. Edition: Chap-i 4. Published: [Tehran] : Mujtama'-i Farhangi-i Artis (Kanisa-yi Vali), 1990.
I remember a beautiful manuscript at JTSA of Judeo-Persian pizmonim for bride and groom (although I can't recall the number!). Some Bukharan siddurim also contain Judeo-Persian (Tadjik?), such as JTSA MS 4525 (16th cent.; JTSA Liturgy Collection, Reel 36.1).
See also the following page for additional information and bibliography on Judeo-Persian: http://www.jewish-languages.org/judeo-persian.html
I'm not aware of anything for Krimchak (Judeo-Crimean Tatar).
Kol tuv, Seth
************************************************* Seth Jerchower Public Services Librarian Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library University of Pennsylvania 420 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19106 Tel: (215) 238-1290, ext. 203 Fax: (215) 238-1540 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.library.upenn.edu/cajs/ ************************************************* -- From: Yosef Yaron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Indian Siddur
Hello,
Is anyone aware of where I might be able to obtain copies of some more=20 exotic siddurim? For example:
1. Indian Siddur 2. Farsi/Hebrew Siddur 3. Krimchak
Thank you,
- Yosef Yaron
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