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Yekum purkan
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(Aramaic: “May redemption come”) Opening words of two Aramaic prayers. The first is for the welfare of the communal and scholastic heads of Palestine and Babylonia; the other is for the general community. Composed during the gaonic period, they are recited in Ashkenazi communities after the reading of the law on the Sabbath. ... log in or subscribe to read full text
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