"Shiviti" sheet, for hanging on the wall of a synagogue, with a piyyut for Purim and the Megillah-reading blessings. [Persian Kurdistan, ca. beginning of the 20th century]. Ink and paint on paper. Ornamented colored borders, with motifs of jugs, plants and flowers. The center of the upper part is occupied by a "LaMenatze'ach Menorah", surrounded by the inscription "Shiviti HaShem LeNegdi Tamid". On both sides of the Menorah, Holy Names and names of angels appear, together with Kabbalistic combinations against the Evil Eye. The center of the leaf contains the piyyut "Tenu Shira… Yedidim Barchu…", sung by Kurdish Jews before the Megillah-reading. The piyyut is followed by the Megillah-reading blessings. See similar sheets in Kedem, Auction 28 item 2 and Auction 40 item 5. The bibliographer and researcher Menashe Refael Lehman describes a similar sheet he acquired, which, he claims originates from Persia: "The piyyut Yedidim Barchu… was hitherto unknown. It was written on parchment sheets for Purim and illustrated in magnificent color with passages from the Megillah. I recently purchased such a sheet from an Arab merchant in the Old City in Jerusalem" (Sinai, issue 98, 1986, pp. 74-75). 35.5 X22 cm. Fair condition. Stains, folding marks. Minor open tears to the folding mark and margins, slightly affecting text, repaired. Inscription on the verso of the leaf. See: Machanayim, issue 104 – 1966, p. 3; Exhibition Catalogue "Light and Shadow – The Story of Iranian Jews" (Beit HaTfutzot, the Museum of the Jewish People, Tel-Aviv, 2010), pp. 48-49; Erich Brauer, the Jews of Kurdistan, Jerusalem 1947, pp. 282-289.

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