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December 4, 2019

Bringing the Lost Prayer Book of Catalonian Jewry Back to Life

Using six medieval manuscripts.

In the Middle Ages, the Jews of Catalonia had a distinct liturgy, shared by their brethren in nearby Valencia and the island of Majorca. Using partial manuscripts, the Israeli scholar Idan Perez has reconstructed a complete prayer book reflecting this liturgy, writes Chen Malul:

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December 4, 2019

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