Birkat HaChama. Jerusalem, 1897.

A lined piece of paper, printed with nosach Birkat HaChama. In the upper section there are two images, on the right – the Western Wall, on the left – an image of the Old City and underneath it the phrase ‘Midrash of Shlomo’. Birkat HaChama is one of the blessingsrecited upon witnessing a rare sight, recited when seeing the sun at the start of a 28 year cycle, in which, according to tradition, the sun returns to its original spot from the time the world was created, in the same hour and day of the week as in the creation of the world. Folding marks. Stains. Minor tears at the top white margins. 29x20 “cm. Overall condition: Very good.