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Seder HaKunteres – Siddur Following the Rite of Southern France, With Passover Haggadah – Avignon, 1765 – First ...
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Seder HaKunteres – Siddur Following the Rite of Southern France, With Passover Haggadah – Avignon, 1765 – First Hebrew Book Printed in Avignon
Seder HaKunteres, prayers and piyyutim for festivals and various occasions, with Passover Haggadah, "according to the rite of the communities in the Venaissin province". Avignon: [printer not indicated, 1765].
Anthology of prayers and piyyutim following the rite of the communities in the Venaissin province of southern France: Carpentras, Avignon, Cavaillon and L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue).
On title page: "Printed at the behest of the young partners Yeshayah Vidal and Mordechai Ventura; the proofreaders".
Includes kiddush, havdalah, piyyutim for Shabbat and Motza'ei Shabbat, Birkat HaMazon, candle-lighting for Chanukah and order of Purim, Passover Haggadah, kiddush for festivals and order of Rosh Hashanah, order of Torah reading and piyyutim for Simchat Torah night and Chatan Torah readings, and songs for various occasions.
On pp. 46b onwards: piyyutim for circumcision (including a piyyut by R. Yosef di Millau); a lullaby "for putting children in a crib"; piyyutim for putting the Torah scroll in a new ark, piyyutim for festive occasions (including piyyutim by R. Gad Ravel and R. Yaakov de Lunel).
Several piyyutim integrate Judeo-Provençal with Hebrew.
Many piyyutim have the appropriate melody noted on the side.
55, [1] leaves. 24.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Many stains, including dampstains, and dark food stains to some leaves of the Haggadah. Wear. Tears and open tears, affecting text (large tear to bottom of one leaf), partially repaired with paper filling. Light worming. Deleted stamps in several places. New binding.
The first Hebrew book printed in Avignon.
On the prayer rite of these communities and the special piyyutim appearing in the present anthology, see: C. Roth, The Liturgies of Avignon and the Comtat Venaissin, in: Journal of Jewish Bibliography (1939), pp. 99-105.
