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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialHagadah shel Pesaḥ
הגדה של פסח | Sidra di-Pisḥa Title from spine of manuscript's housing; second title from first line of leaf [1]1a. Manuscript lacks colophon; Hebrew manuscript on parchment; Northern France or Germany; late 14th - early 15th century based on script; manuscript is partially vocalized; This manuscript consists of two texts: the Passover Haggadah according to the Ashkenazic rite, written in square Hebrew script, with glosses from various sources in semi-cursive…- Contributor: Dueren, Isaac Ben Meir - Hebrew Manuscripts (Library of Congress)
- Date: 13??
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialMegilat Ester
מגילת אסתר | Esther Scroll | Scroll of Esther- Contributor: Hebrew Manuscripts (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1300
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialFragments from responsa Sephardic semi-cursive script. Description based on finding aid [שו"ת הרשב"א] Fragment from a collection of responsa by Solomon ibn Adret. Includes about thirty responsa, some of them incomplete. Another hand added numeration from 13-32 in Hebrew letters, but often several responsa were included under one number. The leaves are bound out of order and some leaves are missing. Most responsa were edited in the…- Date: 13??
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialTur, Orah Hayyim Sephardic semi-cursive script. Description based on finding aid [טור אורח חיים (קטע)] Leaves from Tur, Orah Hayyim, the code of law by Jacob b. Asher. Only paragraphs 447-527 (ff. 1r-31v) and 579-590 (ff. 32r-39v). The leaves have been removed from the volume and laminated. Owner: Samuel Moses Hazzan שמואל משה חזן (f. 26r).- Date: 13??
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialLaws of shehitah Formerly MS Hebr. 3 Karaite Oriental square script. Description based on finding aid [הלכות שחיטה מאת ישראל המערבי] Laws of shehitah (ritual slaughter) by the Karaite Israel b. Samuel Maghrebi. Translated from the original Arabic into Hebrew. This translation is different from the one printed at the end of Sefer Dod Mordecai (Ramle 1966). Incomplete. Beginning missing and a lacuna in the middle of…- Date: 1397
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialEnd of short philosophical commentary on Pentateuch Italian semi-cursive script. Description based on finding aid [פירוש התורה ע"ד הפילוסופיה] End of a short philosophical commentary on the Pentateuch. Only from the end of parashat Korah to the end of the Pentateuch. Quotes some classic commentators such as Rashi, Ibn Ezra and Moses b. Nahman, but especially Maimonides and his Guide. Text ends on f. 6r. The same scribe copied a short…- Date: 13??
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialFragment from a rabbinic text Sephardic current semi-cursive script. Description based on finding aid [דרשה? (קטע) ] Fragment from a rabbinic text, perhaps from an homily or Biblical commentary. Badly damaged.- Date: 13??
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