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Manuscript/Mixed Material Collection of kabbalistic and midrashic texts

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Title

  • Collection of kabbalistic and midrashic texts

Created / Published

  • 16-17th century.

Headings

  • -  Manuscripts, Hebrew--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Italian semi-cursive script.
  • -  Description based on finding aid
  • -  Owners: Sig. Josef Jona (f. 1r) who signed his name in Hebrew on f. 2r and added that he acquired the manuscript when a library or estate was divided among brothers: הגיע לחלקי בחלוקה עם אחי יצ"ו אני יוסף יונה. Deinard, 1914. MMW.
  • -  Work 1: Ff. 2r-19v: ספר יורה חטאים בדרך נדפס בויניציאה בשנת מעיל צדקה יעשני Sefer Yoreh Hataim, by Isaac b. Moses Elis, copied from the Venice 1589 edition with the printer's colophon. Includes other works from the printed edition: ספר הכפרות לר"א גרמישא Sefer ha-Kapparot by Eleazar b. Judah of Worms, חיבוט הקבר Hibbut ha-Kever, חידושים novellae and צוואת ר"י החסיד.
  • -  Work 2: Ff. 19v-20r: קצת ממנהגי האר"י Some kabbalistic customs practiced by Isaac Luria (AR"I).
  • -  Work 3: Ff. 20r-22v: Explanations of Hebrew terms, mainly from Talmudic and rabbinic literature, partly in alphabetical order.
  • -  Work 4: F. 23r: תפלת מנשה מלך יהודה בהיותו בבית האסורים בבבל The apocryphal prayer of Manasseh, King of Judah. The same prayer in the same translation is found in MS Rome, Collegio Rabbinico Italiano 231, where it is obvious that the translation was made from the Italian. It is followed by a short paragraph in justification of Manasseh,based on TB Sanhedrin 101b. Begins: א-ל ש-די אלקי אבותי אלקי אברהם אלקי יצחק ויעקב וזרעם, הצדק אשר עשית את השמים ואת הארץ.
  • -  Work 5: Ff. 23r-25r: [מעשה ר' יהושע בן לוי] Ma'aseh Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi. Midrash on Rabbi Joshua b. Levi. Close to the version edited by A. Jellinek, Bet ha-Midrasch, ii (Leipzig 1853), pp. 48-51.N12
  • -  Work 6: Ff. 25r-30r: הרוגי מלכות Midrash on the Ten Martyrs, beginning תנו רבנן כשברא הקב"ה את האילנות גאו וגברו וגבהו עד מאד.
  • -  Work 7: Ff. 30r- 34v: חיבור קטן שחיבר כמהר"ר גדליה יחייא ז"ל בשבח הנשים Short treatise in praise of women by Gedaliah ibn Yahya, published from an Oxford manuscript by A. Neubauer, in Israelietische Letterbode, 10 (1884/5), pp. 139-147. The Oxford manuscript was also owned by Ephraim Jona, one of the owners of this manuscript.

Medium

  • 34 ff. Paper. ; 19 x 14.5 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LC Hebr. Ms 6
  • Micro Orien. Hebr. 880/6

Repository

  • Library of Congress African and Middle Eastern Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018757623

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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