[Tefilot: Metuḳanot al bilbule ha-geyasot]. [תפילות מתוקנות על בלבולי הגייסות]. [Prayers to be Recited in Time of War].

Hebrew title supplied in part from folio 3. English title supplied from Roth, "Catalogue", in Alexander Marx: Jubilee Volume, vol. 1 (New York, 1950), no. 55,iv.

The booklet contains communal prayers asking for peace for Jews and gentiles in Italy. The prayers were most likely authored during the wars for Italian independence and unification ('Risorgimento').

Contents: 1. folio 2r: '' יהרמ''י או''אא "אב הרחמן שתתמלא רחמים עלינו ועל יושבי העיר הזאת ועל כל ישראל בכל מקומות. 2. folio 2r–2v: “אנא יי אלהינו אדון השלום עשה''. 3. folio 3r–5r: ''תפלה מתוקנת על בלבולי הגייסות בערים הקרובות'' המתחילה "אני אל אלהים אקרא ויי יושיני''.

State of Text: Rather well preserved.

Note about transmission: The prayers are not listed in Israel Davidson, Otsar ha-Shirah, 4 vols. (New York 1924–37).

Bibliographical note: Roth, “Catalogue”, in Alexander Marx: Jubilee Volume, vol. 1 (New York, 1950), no.55 (iv). National Library of Israel (NLI), Online Catalogue, system-no. 000185663. The NLI’s description is based on the microfilm of Ms Roth 55 made on behalf of the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts of the NLI during the 1960s. The microfilm can now be downloaded in a digitised form from the NLI-webpage. Davis, Handlist 164 (Leeds, 2005), no. 55 (iv).