Schedule for the Reading of Psalms corresponding to Festivals, Special Sabbaths, and Commemorative Days, according to HUC Ms. 453 (1730)

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A schedule for the reading of psalms for special Shabbatot and holidays, according to HUC Ms. 453 fol. 15r, a Seder Hazkarot Neshamot copied by Shabetai Sheftel ben Zalman Auerbach from 1730.

Festival	Psalms
Shabbat Bereshit	Psalms 008
Circumcision day	Psalms 012
Ḥanukkah	Psalms 030
10 Tevet	Psalms 074
Shabbat Zakhor	Psalms 109
Taanit Esther	Psalms 069
Purim	Psalms 022
Shushan Purim	Psalms 060
Shabbat Parah	Psalms 021
Shabbat haḤodesh	Psalms 078
Shabbat haGadol	Psalms 095
Day 1 of Pesaḥ	Psalms 105
Day 2 of Pesaḥ	Psalms 066
Day 7 of Pesaḥ	Psalms 018
Day 7 of Pesaḥ	Psalms 106
Day 1 of Shavuot	Psalms 029
Day 2 of Shavuot	Psalms 068
17 Tammuz	Psalms 079
9 Av	Psalms 137
Rosh Ḥodesh Elul	Psalms 047
Day 1 of Rosh haShana	Psalms 081
Day 2 of Rosh haShana	Psalms 098
Tsom Gedalya	Psalms 077
Shabbat Teshuva	Psalms 032
Erev Yom Kippur	Psalms 107
Day 1 of Sukkot	Psalms 027
Day 2 of Sukkot	Psalms 076
Hoshana Rabba	Psalms 085
Shmini Atzeret	Psalms 065
Simḥat Torah	Psalms 147

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Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)

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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו׃ (תהלים צ:יז) · "May the pleasantness of אדֹני our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established." (Psalms 90:17)