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Hebrew Penitential Prayer Broadside: "El Melekh Yoshev"

A Hebrew broadside featuring the penitential prayer "El Melekh Yoshev" ("God, the King who sits..."). Printed on stiff paper, resembling stone tablets. One side includes a woodcut illustration of Abraham preparing to sacrifice Isaac. This broadside likely served as an insert for prayer books, a cost-saving practice common in the mid-19th century. Published circa 1850.

Associated People/Businesses

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Geography

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Subjects

Yom Kippur
Rosh ha-Shanah
Printing, Hebrew

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 10, Folder 2