Abstract:

The text we are dealing with here 1 consists of ritual instructions found in an all-year-round siddur in Aragonese Romance. The instructions, which are inserted in the ritual of the Passover holiday service are in accordance with tradition; they appear in the local language spoken by the Jews.
There are many Passover HaggmJoth originating in the Iberian Peninsula, including some with ritual instructions in Castilian and Portuguese romances but none has been preserved in Leonese Romance; they are also less numerous in Catalan Romance. The same is true of the books containing only the daily and Sabbath rituals (siddurim) and the prayer services for the different holidays of the Jewish year (mahzorim). The instructions concerning the Passover ritual in Judeo-Aragonese Romance I am dealing wi th here are part of a siddur that contains the liturgy for the whole circle of the year, weekdays, Sabbaths and festivals. It is found in the Bodleiana Library in Oxford.