manuscript Prayer Book

Order of Prayers to be recited before blowing the Shofar, the order of the blowing procedure and the prayers to be recited after the act. The inscription under the title says: 'Penned by Koyfman in the town of Konnern in the year 5785'. The town of Könnern in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany was home to a tiny Jewish community of about 30 people in the mid-19th century.

Hebrew manuscript on paper; (20.7 x 17 cm), contemporary half-calf severely rubbed & detached; old ownership and dedication inscriptions in Hebrew to front endpapers; 6 ll. (9 written pp., last 3 blank).