Hebrew Manuscripts : Book of the Soothing Tongue by Eliyahu ben Menaḥem
ha-Kohen, Eliyahu ben Menaḥemאליהו ב׳ מנחם הכהןha-Kohen, Ḥayim Shabetaiחיים שבתי הכהן
Hebrew Manuscripts
<p style='text-align: justify;'>Short manuscript with the Book of the Soothing Tongue, produced on Corfu on Sunday 4 September 1853. The work, the title of which refers to Proverbs 15:4, surveys the order of the liturgy pertaining to the three Watches (משמרות) of Elul and the Ten Days of Penitence (עשרת ימי התשובה) according to the rite of Corfu, without quoting the actual texts that need to be recited by the hazzan and the congregation. </p>