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Hebrew Penitential Prayer Broadside: "El Melekh Yoshev"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.

Penitential Prayer Broadside: 'El Melekh Yoshev'Penitential Prayer Broadside: 'El Melekh Yoshev'

A Hebrew broadside containing a penitential prayer beginning with the words "El Melekh Yoshev" ('The Divine King sitting'). Printed in Hanover, Germany, circa 1830 by Shelomoh Bloch. This prayer, a type of selihah, was printed separately to save cost, possibly to be inserted into imported prayer books.