2007–2008 (5768) Calendar

In 1966, Baron Edmond de Rothschild presented to The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary a massive, fifteenth-century illuminated Hebrew manuscript in an almost perfect state of preservation. This extraordinarily beautiful mahzor, commissioned by a wealthy Italian family, was written in Florence in 1490 by the scribe Abraham Judah of Camerino and was probably illustrated by at least three different art workshops. The 477-folio volume includes the prayers and piyyutim for all the yearly Jewish festivals and special Sabbaths.

Each of the first twelve months of this sixteen-month calendar reproduces a page from the Rothschild Mahzor; the last four months are grouped on one page at the end. The calendar includes Jewish holidays, days of the Jewish year, weekly Torah readings, and candle-lighting times for selected cities.

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