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Ḍhir for Passover, 1850?-1899?
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Library at the Katz Center - Rare Book Manuscript CAJS Rar Ms 542
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Language:
- Arabic
- Hebrew
- Judeo-Arabic
- Subjects (All):
- Jews.
- History.
- Piyutim.
- Morocco.
- Passover--Liturgy--Texts.
- Passover--Liturgy.
- Passover--Prayers and devotions.
- Passover.
- Piyutim--Texts.
- Jews--Morocco--19th century--History--Sources.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- Texts.
- Prayers and devotions.
- Codices (bound manuscripts)
- Pen and wash drawings.
- Devotional literature.
- Excerpts.
- Abridgments.
- Prayers.
- Penn Provenance:
- Formerly owned by Massoud ibn Amsallem (signatures, f. 1r, 2r).
- Sold at Kestenbaum & Company, Auction 55 (June 21, 2012) lot 283.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (68 leaves) : paper ; 174 x 110 (145 x 95) mm bound to 183 x 117 mm
- Place of Publication:
- 1850?-1899?
- 1850?-1899?.
- Language Note:
- In Hebrew; translations, instructions, and elucidations of verses in Judeo-Arabic; Targums and various piyutim in Aramaic.
- Summary:
- This is a manuscript miscellany on themes of Passover containing explanations and elucidations on verses from the Torah readings and Haftarah portions read on Passover, with some additional piyutim (the ḍhir was a manuscript tradition which began in 18th century Morocco). Piyutim about Passover preparations (f. 1v-4v), and selected verse translations (such as Exodus XII, the selecting of the Paschal Lamb; f. 3v); Aramaic piyutim, such as an abridgment of the description of the Four Nights in which God appeared (likely a Byzantine Passover text abridged from Targum Pseudo-Jonathan to Exodus XII:42) and a preliminary piyut (Reshut) and blessings for the Haftarah (f. 15r-20r); readings for the second day (Torah reading and Haftarah; f. 25v-46r) are followed by the Haftarah of the seventh day (f. 46v-57v) and eighth day (f. 57v-65r). Written in a Moroccan square script (verses, piyut text) and a Moroccan cursive script (Targums, instructions, and elucidations); verses and stanza opening words in a bold green-brown ink; decorated words precede each section or topic (green and brown inks, flora inside adorned cross-squares, such as f. 13r). Bound in modern half-calf over modern boards; spine in six parts; gilt spine title in Hebrew.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Elis & Ruth Douer Endowed Fund.
- Cited as:
- UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 542.
- Contains:
- Haftarot. Selections.
- Bible. Pentateuch. Aramaic. Onḳelos. Selections.
- Bible. Pentateuch. Aramaic. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan. Selections.
- Bible. Samuel. Hebrew. Selections.
- Bible. Ezekiel. Hebrew. Selections.
- Bible. Isaiah. Hebrew. Selections.
- OCLC:
- 1303730807
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