34. Khurasan's Jewish Heritage: The Ancient Hebrew Manuscript in Bamyan

Omar Sadr and Herschel Hepler discuss Afghanistan's Liturgical Quire, the oldest Hebrew and Judeo-Persian prayer manuscript in the world.This remarkable manuscript compiles three prayer genres into a single bounded book which in Judaism is called codex: morning prayers for the Sabbath, poetry for Sukkot, and a Passover Haggadah mysteriously written upside down. But beyond its religious significance, this book represents something rare—a tangible bridge between Persian/Afghan/Afghanistani and Jewish cultural heritage.

Readings:

1. Afghanistan Liturgical Quire, Museum of the Bible.
2. War Papers: A trove of medieval scrolls, smuggled out of Afghanistan into the hands of London art dealers, could shed new light on a once-vibrant Jewish heritage by Jonathan Lee
3. The Afghanistan Liturgical Quire: Its Codicology, Texts and History Series: Études sur le judaïsme médiéval, Volume: 103. Volume Editor: Rahel Fronda
4. The UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, and the mandate to advance the “human rights-based approach to cultural heritage.”

Connect with us!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

YouTube, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram, and Facebook

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X/ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@negotiateideas⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@OmarSadr⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Website: https://negotiatingideas.com/

Email: [e-mail]