[Cabalistic commentary on the Passover Haggadah].
[כוונות ופסוקים לסדר ההגדה של פסח].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Moldovan, Joseph, donor.

Moldovan, Susan, donor.

Moldovan Family Judaica Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

Arabic

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Haggadah.

Haggadah--Early works to 1800.

Haggadah--Commentaries.

Cabala--Early works to 1800.

Cabala.

Passover--Liturgy--Texts.

Passover.

Passover--Liturgy.

Genre:

Commentaries.

Texts.

codices (bound manuscripts)

poems

Manuscripts, European.

Penn Provenance:

Ownership inscriptions in Italian in ink, including the names Giuseppe moise (?) and Giuseppe vita monterano (?), late 18th century (f. 16r).

Ownership inscription in pencil: Manoscritto di Mondovi, approximately 1870; likely price inscribed below in heavy black ink: £ 3.19.10, approximately 1920 (inside front cover).

GIFT FROM THE MOLDOVAN FAMILY COLLECTION By Joseph T. Moldovan C'76 and Susan A. Moldovan C'76. Donated in Honor and Memory of Jean and Dr. Alfred Moldovan.

Physical Description:

16 leaves : paper ; 177 x 111 (140 x 80) mm bound to 177 x 111 mm

Place of Publication:

[Italy], [1650?-1699?]

[איטליה], [1650?-1699?]

Language Note:

Hebrew, with some words of Aramaic.

Summary:

This is a manuscript of instruction, divine and kabbalistic names and other meditations (kaṿanot) for the Passover Seder. The manuscript begins with an introduction ("Berikh shemeh", f. 1r-2r), and is followed by instructions with headings used from the Passover Haggadah; begining the Kiddush order with a specially created Aramaic poem after the Atḳinu seʻudata stanza (f. 2r-3v), followed by a long supplication (f. 3v-4v); following this is the scheme of the Seder with instructions and verses ("Ḳadesh urḥats karpas yaḥats" etc.). The Seder ends with the abbreviation a.k.y.r. (amen ken ye-hi ratson, f. 12v), after which begins a final poem and prayer set, with a short introduction quoting the anonymous Sefer Zekhirah and R. Menaḥem Azariah da Fano (Fano 1548-Mantua 1620) before a poem for late at night after the Seder (f. 12v-15v).

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Collation: Paper, 1²⁰ (-1, -2, -3, -4); i (modern paper) + 16 + i (modern paper); modern foliation in pencil, 1-16, lower left recto.

Layout: Written in 18-19 unruled lines, with headings in larger scripts with full indents; octavo format.

Script: Written in a Italian cursive script with large headings and full indents. At times, the scribe moves between more and less cursive script (for example, f. 6v-7r).

Binding: Paper wrappers, likely later.

Origin: Written in Italy during the mid to late 17th century, perhaps part of a larger compendium ("ḳovets") of kabbalistic manuscript writing.

Food and likely wine stains, certainly around the Ḳadesh and Shulḥan ʻorekh (f. 2r, 10r-10v).

Cited as:

UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 488.

OCLC:

1091193999

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