The Museum of the Bible In Washington D.C. has opened a new exhibit displaying to visitors how different faiths converge ahead of Rosh Hashanah.
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| The Afghan Liturgical Quire (ALQ), Oldest Jewish Book in the world |
“Sacred Words: Revealing the Earliest Hebrew Book”, the exhibit, shows the world’s oldest Jewish book, the Afghan Liturgical Quire (ALQ).
The manuscript of the middle ages encompass prayers, drawings and poems from the Hebrew Bible with pages of the oldest discovered Passover Haggadah.
According to britannica.com:
Rosh Hashana, a major two-day Jewish observance now accepted as inaugurating the religious New Year on Tishri 1 (September or October). Because the New Year ushers in a 10-day period of self-examination and penitence, Rosh Hashana is also called the annual Day of Judgment; during this period Jews review their individual relationships with God, the Supreme Judge. A distinctive feature of the liturgy is the blowing of the ram’s horn (shofar) as prescribed in Numbers 29:1.
According to scholars, the ALQ originates from the 700s, making it the oldest Hebrew book that’s intact.
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