Man casting a baby into the Nile from BL Add 26957, f. 42

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Man casting a baby into the Nile from BL Add 26957, f. 42

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Detail: marginal drawing illustrating the passage, ~ha-yeorah tashlihuhu~ (you shall cast [the male babies] into the river): a man casting a naked baby into the river. Image taken from f. 42 of Prayer book (~siddur~), Italian rite. Written in Hebrew.

Hebrew manuscripts in the British museum

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1469
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British Library
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