'Sukot' (Feast of Tabernacles) is a harvest and thanksgiving festival that lasts 8 days in the Diaspora. The image from the 14th C Forli Siddur shows the beginning of the festival service #HebrewProject #LetsGetDigital #Sukot #ForliSidur https://t.co/BDL8KNQj2f

The begining of Abraham bar Hiyya's moral treatise 'Higayon ha-nefesh ha-'atsuvah' (Meditation of the sad soul) in a manuscript from Albania. Note the Byzantine script in the manuscript #HebrewProject #AbrahambarHiyya #LetsGetDigital https://t.co/DNlkyWm5pW

Are you building a 'sukah'? Take inspiration from this beautiful image of a 'sukah', 'etrog' and 'lulav' from a 14th C manuscript of The Decisions of Isaiah di Trani the Younger #HebrewProject #LetsGetDigital #Sukot #IsaiahdiTranitheYounger #Etrog #Lulav https://t.co/uRrGQFHttv

'Kol Nidre' (All vows) is the prayer chanted at the beginning of the eve of 'Yom Kipur' (Day of Atonement) service in the synagogue. #HebrewProject #LetsGetDigital #YomKipur #KolNidre https://t.co/jbkctGV0f9

'Shabat Shuvah' (Shabat of Return) is the 1st Sabbath of the Jewish New Year. It's named after the 'haftarah' from Hosea 14:2-10 highlighting themes of repentance and reconciliation with God #HebrewProject #Hosea #ShabatShuvah #LetsGetDigital https://t.co/fsdratQ6aD

The well known supplicatory prayer 'Avinu Malkenu' (Our Father our King) from a 15th century daily prayer book #HebrewProject #LetsGetDigital #AvinuMalkenu https://t.co/lS9RyHWmkJ

Man blowing a shofar on Rosh ha-Shanah. #HebrewProject #ltsGetDigital #Shofar #RoshhaShanah https://t.co/BDL8KNQj2f

The 'shofar' (ram's horn) is blasted at least 30 times during the Rosh ha-Shanah synagogue service. This image shows a man surrounded by a herd blowing the 'shofar' #HebrewProject #Shofar #RoshHashanah #LetsGetDigital https://t.co/BDL8KNQj2f

Prayer recited on the first day of the Rosh ha-Shanah service from a 14th C festival prayer book according to the Franco-German rite. Note the fine calligraphic script #HebrewProject #LetsGetDigital #RoshHashanah https://t.co/meqqlMag01

The beginning of the 'Rosh ha-Shanah' service in a 15th century manuscript according to the Italian custom #HebrewProject #LetsGetDigital #RoshHashanah2023 https://t.co/0ZrNUpyf4b

'Selihot' - penitential prayers for the intermediate nights of Rosh ha-Shanah from a 17th century manuscript according to the North African Jewish rite. Note the attractive semi-cursive script #HebrewProject #LetsGetDigital #Selihot #RoshHashanah https://t.co/kyJ6TUCrCu

We begin our Jewish New Year Tweets with the festival service from a 15th C 'mahzor' according to the Italian rite. Note the decorated word panels with red and blue flourishes #HebrewProject #LetsGetDigital #RoshHashanah #Mahazor https://t.co/bijnrme9J7

Carmina figurata text with embedded dragon in a 14th century Ashkenazi festival prayer book #HebrewProject #LetsGetDigital #CarminaFigurata #Dragon https://t.co/9FdBgfeMKT

Hebrew manuscripts were often censored for content considered blasphemous or offensive to the Christian faith. Here's an example from a 15th C 'Sefer ha-ikarim' codex where a whole page has been blackened out #HebrewProject #Censorship #SeferHaIkarim https://t.co/B1WolckImB

This week's Torah portion 'Nitsavim' is read together with the portion 'Va-yelekh'. In the former Moses urges the entire Hebrew nation to follow the covenant and follow God's teachings and precepts #HebrewProject #ParashahPicctures (Add MS 11639, f. 110r) https://t.co/21HlWnu4GL

Geometrical design featuring a rosette and a beautiful border in pen and ink in a 15th C Yemenite manuscript of 'Midrash ha-gadol' on Numbers attributed to David Adani #HebrewProject #LetsGetDigital #YemeniteHebrewManuscripts #MidrashHaGadol https://t.co/21RYGuE6m7

This 14th C Italian manuscript contains 3 of Ibn Sina's (Avicenna's) medical canons translated into Hebrew by Nathan ha-Me'ati. Note the delicate pen-flourishes throughout the volume #HebrewProject #Avicenna #LetsGetDigital https://t.co/p1DdtuN6Zq

This week's 'haftarah' is from Isaiah. It's a message of hope: the dark times will vanish and God's light will return. “Arise, shine, for your light has dawned; the Presence of the Lord has shone upon you!” (60:1). #HebrewProject #Isaiah #Haftarah https://t.co/KW2fk5EvxB

In Torah portion 'Ki tavo' , Moses tells the Israelites about the first fruit offerings (bikurim) and lists the benefits of keeping the commandments and the punishments for disobeying them #HebrewProject #Bikurim #ParashahPictures (Or 2696, f. 399r) https://t.co/aC5UggTnhL

Catchwords are placed at the end of quires and ensure a codex is assembled in the right order. Written at the bottom of a folio, they indicate the word in the next folio. They are sometimes decorated as seen here. #HebrewProject #Catchwords https://t.co/9FdBgfeMKT