Machzor

A Machsor or Mahzor (Hebrew מחזור: " repeat ", " cycle " ), pl: Machsorim is the original ( old) Yiddish term for the solar or lunar cycle, since the 13th century, for the cycle of the special Jewish holidays. Specifically, it is a prayer book with selected prayers and passages from the Tanakh that are read around the holidays ( in contrast to the daily prayers in the Siddur ).

Famous Machsorim

  • Machzor Vitry, 12th century
  • Worms Machzor, 1272/1273 (Jerusalem, The Jewish National and University Library, Ms. Heb. 4 ° 781.1-2 )
  • Machsor mecholl Hashanah, 1290 in the southwest of Germany Part I: Dresden, SLUB, Mscr.Dresd.A.46.a
  • Part II: Breslau / Wrocław, Biblioteka Uniwersytecka, Ms. or. I 1
Yiddish language Solar cycle (calendar) Wrocław 14th century Amidah Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke
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