Prayers according to the Karaite minhag practiced in the Crimea and Ukraine as well as Poland, a “new printing by members of the community…printed here in Qal’eh/Kale in [1737].” Title page was only for volume 1. This is volume 3 of a four-volume series.
Third volume: Prayers for Yom Kippur and Aseret Yemei Rachamim. Originally (according to the Mifal Bibliographia, the order of the sheets is different in other listed copies): 213, [4] leaves. This copy: 104, 121-213, [4] leaves. However, it is missing only 1 leaf from Yom Kippur. The four last leaves have piyyutim for yemei tshuva from Aharon ben Eliyahu of Nicomedia and an index for slichot, and more. Signature of ownership on the title page of Aseret Yemei Rachamim and in the page cuttings: “This is my siddur, Avraham ben Yaakov Gabbay”.
Stains, worming damage and tears with damage to the text of a number of leaves. Rebound in a pretty binding with inscription on the spine.
Çufut Qal’eh (Kale) means “Fortress of the Jews”; it is an abandoned city in the mountains of Crimea, Ukraine, which served as the center of the “Karaylar” (the Eastern European Karaites) in Crimea until the beginning of the 20th century.
