Book of Hebrew poetry, between 1932 and 1938.
ספר שירים בעברית

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Izraʼeliṭ, Yehudah Yehoshuʻa Falḳ ben Yaʻaḳov.

Language:

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.

Jews.

History.

Rabbis.

Midrash.

Jewish epitaphs.

Jewish religious poetry.

Hebrew poetry, Modern.

Massachusetts--Chelsea.

Izraʼeliṭ, Barukh Pinḥas, -1933.

Israel Meir, ha-Kohen, 1838-1933.

Israel Meir.

Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204.

Maimonides, Moses.

Kook, Abraham Isaac, 1865-1935.

Kook, Abraham Isaac.

Rosen, Joseph, 1858-1936.

Rosen, Joseph.

Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Poetry.

Hitler, Adolf.

Hebrew poetry, Modern--20th century.

Jewish religious poetry--20th century.

Jewish epitaphs--20th century.

Midrash--Quotations.

Rabbis--Massachusetts--Chelsea.

Jews--Massachusetts--Chelsea--History--Sources.

Local Subjects:

Izraʼeliṭ, Barukh Pinḥas, -1933.

Genre:

Sources.

Quotations.

Poetry.

Codices (bound manuscripts)

Religious poems.

Eulogies (documents)

Elegies.

Laudatory poetry.

Acrostics.

Penn Provenance:

Sold at Kestenbaum & Company, auction 73 (June 22, 2017) lot 44.

Purchased in memory of Marvin Wiener, C'38 thanks to the support of Herbert and Sheila Weiner.

Physical Description:

1 item (340 leaves) : paper ; 177 x 120 mm bound to 183 x 135 mm + 3 notes (manuscript poems)

Place of Publication:

between 1932 and 1938.

בין 1932-1938.

Language Note:

In Hebrew.

Biography/History:

Izraʼeliṭ (spelled Israelite in this manuscript; 1857-May 25, 1938), rabbi, preacher, writer, and poet in Chelsea, Massachusetts beginning at least 1911 (his letter printed in Ha-meʼasef, no. 17 (Jerusalem, 1911-12), p. 31b-32b); one of the first members of The Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada in Massachusetts; author of Teʻudat Yiśraʼel (Boston? 1915), and left many works in manuscript; died and buried in the Jewish cemetery in Everett, Massachusetts, 1938 (photo and epitaph text in Abramowitz, Chachmei Yisroel of New England (Worcester, Mass. : Nathan Stolnitz Archives, 1991), p. 42).

Summary:

This is a manuscript of religious poetry written by Izraʼeliṭ (Israelite) during his final years as a rabbi in Chelsea before his death. Poems include lyrics of gratitude by the author on his 57th birthday (29 Av 1932; f. 5r-9r), a poem on mortality to be engraved at the funerary chapel in Chelsea (f. 15r-17r); epitaphs and records of charity donations (f. 17v-18v); elegies (son Barukh Pinḥas died in 1933); poem for the hostilities in the Holy Land (Hebron Massacre; f. 37r-41r); poem condemning Adolf Hitler, "terrorizer of the Jews" (f. 75r-77r; author's retelling of a worker's strike against Hitler, 1935; f. 153r); poems and eulogies upon the death of Israel Meir ha-Kohen (Ḥafets Ḥayim, 1839-1933; f. 86r-98r); poem in honor of Maimonides (f. 133r-146r); on the death of Abraham Isaac Kook (f. 156r-164r) and Joseph Rosen (Rogachover Ga'on; f. 165r-171r). Written in an Ashkenazic cursive script typical of 20th century Lithuanian and Russian hands; accent words vocalized. Poems laid out in various columns and schemes; table of contents (f. 338v-340r); various ink and food stains across center folios.

Notes:

Binding engraving as a pinkas of alms amounts for Chelsea, Massachusetts (פנקס של צדקה דעיר טשלסיי - מאס.).

Cited as:

UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 532.

OCLC:

1293876529