On Feb 2, 2008 9:02 PM, Gilad Field <<a href="mailto:gilad73@gmail.com">gilad73@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div>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?</div>
</blockquote><div><br>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).<br>
<br>Yaakov Ellis<br></div></div><br>