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Two-thirds of a 15th-century Portuguese High Holiday prayer book were lost to history. Until now.

JL;DR SUMMARY The National Library of Israel has successfully reunited all three parts of the Lisbon Mahzor, a rare 15th-century Portuguese Jewish manuscript, after its final missing sections were found. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Rosh HashanahHigh HolidaysSephardic TraditionNational Library Of IsraelLisbon MahzorPortuguese Jewry15th Century ManuscriptJewish Cultural ArtifactsManuscript IlluminationJewish Expulsion In Portugal

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Lisbon, Portugal
"The Lisbon Mahzor, which contains Sephardic prayers for the High Holidays, Three Festivals and more, was produced by the Lisbon school of Portuguese Jewry in the final years before the regions Jews were forced to either convert or be expelled in 1496."
Jerusalem, Israel
"A rare 15th-century Portuguese Jewish manuscript, long incomplete after it was split into three parts, is whole again after the National Library of Israel reunited its final missing pieces."

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