Grace after Meals for Weekdays

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Facing manuscript pages in Hebrew script on lightly stained and damaged parchment.
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This version of the Grace after Meals, preserved in the Cairo Geniza in two fragments, has aspects that follow

Palestinian traditions, aspects that follow Babylonian traditions, and certain phrases that belong to other rites entirely. In the manuscript, the scribe recorded a longer and shorter version of the Grace after Meals, with the suggestion that the shorter text, presented here, be recited on weekdays. The text of the prayer and the initial instructions are entirely in Hebrew.

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