Prayer in Corfu > Prayers and Poems for Special Occasions
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Selihot le-ta'anit tsibur be-ikvot genevah mi-bet ha-keneset be-Korfu
(Penitential prayers for a public fast day after a theft from the Corfu synagogue)
Corfu, 1760
CUL MS X893 J534
Tikun Shovevim
(bound with Selihot le-ta'anit tsbur...)
Venice, 1739
MS X893 J534
Seder Zakhor Berit
(Penitential Prayers for the winter months)
Corfu, 1776
CUL MS X893 K14
Seder Zakhor Berit
(Penitential Prayers for the winter months)
Corfu, 1776
CUL MS X893 K14
Selihot (Minhag Korfu)
(Penitential Prayers according to the rite of Corfu)
Corfu, 18th century
JTS MS 4594
Selihot (Minhag Korfu)
(Penitential Prayers according to the rite of Corfu)
Corfu, 18th century
JTS MS 4594
Beyond the standard prayers for every day, Shabbat, and holidays, the Jews of Corfu produced a series of penitential prayers to beg for assistance with difficulties. Here we have three selihot, or volumes of penitential prayers: The first contains special supplications for a community-mandated fast day following a theft from the synagogue (bound with a volume of penitential prayers printed in Venice in 1739). The second is an illustrated volume of penitential prayers for the time known as "Shovevim," named for the Torah portions read during the winter months, and the third, also illustrated, is a volume of selihot for various special dates on the Jewish calendar.
The final image, a manuscript celebrating a victory following a property dispute (digitized here), shows the kinds of prayers that were written after a long-prayed-for salvation.