[Avodah] pitum haketores

[Yaakov Ellis]

On Feb 2, 2008 9:02 PM, Gilad Field <gilad73 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Anyone know of the source for some minhag I have seen where people have
> the pitum haketores written on a klaf in ksav ashuris? I have even seen it
> posted on a shul (where you would normally see modim d'rabanan or the
> like).  Is there any mekor for this in shas or the rishonim?
>

I don't know anything about the origin/source, though based on what I have
observed, I think that it may originate in the Edot haMizrach community
(EhM). The yishuv where I live is predominantly Sefardi/EhM. The normal
seder for davening Mincha is for someone to read out loud the complete Pitum
haKetoret (takes at least 5 minutes). I have seen a number of people who
have this written in (with varying degrees of fanciness) on klaf - they read
from the klaf before Mincha. My guess is that since they maintain the minhag
of reading the Pitum haKetoret, the minhag came about (maybe retroactively)
for people to give make "hidur" for this by reading it from a klaf (instead
of from the siddur).

Yaakov Ellis
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