Omar Sadr and Herschel Hepler discuss Afghanistan’s Liturgical Quire, the oldest Hebrew and Judeo-Persian prayer manuscript in the world. This remarkable manuscript compiles three prayer genres into a single bounded book which in Judaism is called a codex: morning prayers for the Sabbath, poetry for Sukkot, and a Passover Haggadah mysteriously written upside down. But beyond its religious significance, this book represents something rare—a tangible bridge between Persian/Afghan/Afghanistani and Jewish cultural heritage.
Readings:
- Afghanistan Liturgical Quire, Museum of the Bible.
- War Papers: A trove of medieval scrolls, smuggled out of Afghanistan into the hands of London art dealers, could shed new light on a once-vibrant Jewish heritage by Jonathan Lee
- The Afghanistan Liturgical Quire: Its Codicology, Texts and History Series: Études sur le judaïsme médiéval, Volume: 103. Volume Editor: Rahel Fronda
- The UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, and the mandate to advance the “human rights-based approach to cultural heritage.”
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