Yaʻaḳov Abu Śabilah book of sermons and homilies : manuscript.
יעקב אבושבילה ספר דרשות.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Abu Śabilah, Yaʻaḳov ben Shelomoh, active 19th century, author, scribe.

Language:

Hebrew

Judeo-Arabic

Subjects (All):

Morocco.

Jewish sermons--Morocco.

Jewish sermons.

Jews--Morocco--History--Sources.

Jews.

Jewish calendar.

Manuscripts, Hebrew--Morocco--19th century--Specimens.

Manuscripts, Hebrew.

Manuscripts, Judeo-Arabic--Morocco--19th century--Specimens.

Manuscripts, Judeo-Arabic.

Genre:

Sources.

Sermons.

Codices (bound manuscripts)

sermons.

codices (bound manuscripts)

Sermons

History

Sources

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Mizrahi Bookstore (Brooklyn, New York), 2019.

Physical Description:

92 leaves : paper ; 185 x 130 (160 x 125) mm bound to 190 x 155 mm + 11 notes

Production:

]Morocco], [1830?-1850?]

[מרוקו], [1830?-1850?]

Language Note:

In Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic (f. 83v-86v).

Summary:

This is a manuscript of the writings of Yaʻaḳov Abu Śabilah, a rabbi from the early 19th century who likely lived in Morocco. The first element is a volume of derashot, or homiletical and interpretive material, based on the Bible, Midrash, and Zohar; the style is rabbinic and uses lengthy paragraphs with long quotations from these sources. Examples of the derashot include "Derush shuvah yiśraʼel", a homily on Hosea 14:2 about repentance (f. 12r); "Derush ha-neʻelavim ṿe-eno ʻolvim", a homily about forgiveness in interpersonal relations, based on the Talmud (Shabat 88b, f. 30r); and a funeral homily ("Derush la-nifṭar," f. 40r). The author cites R. Israel Algazi (Izmir 1680 - Jerusalem 1757, f. 17r) for an interpretation of Proverbs 31:26. Other smaller texts at the end are writings in Judeo-Arabic (f. 83v-86v), and an interpretive, calculative, and mystical treatise on the Hebrew lunar calendar. The first two treatises of the manuscript are written in long lines with one bold word heading every few paragraphs; the final treatise is written in long lines with summary phrases on the left edge enclosed in boxes. Written in a Moroccan cursive script. The manuscript was written on early starch paper, and it has evidence of staining and crumbling at the edges; the final two folios are only partially extant. Folios of a later manuscript (circa 1870), also in a Moroccan cursive script on acidic paper, was bound in with this manuscript. The main signature statement of Yaʻaḳov Abu Śabilah contains a small calligraphic signature (bottom of f. 29v); smaller signatures appear elsewhere (f. 3r, 57v, 69r). Rebound in boards with a blue paper exterior; binding cords are visible in the outer gutter and spine of the binding, circa 1920.

Holograph manuscript by Yaʻaḳov Abu Śabilah, a rabbi from the early 19th century who likely lived in Morocco. The first element is a volume of derashot, or homiletical and interpretive material, based on the Bible, Midrash, and Zohar; the style is rabbinic and uses lengthy paragraphs with long quotations from these sources. Examples of the derashot include "Derush shuvah yiśraʼel", a homily on Hosea 14:2 about repentance (f. 12r); "Derush ha-neʻelavim ṿe-eno ʻolvim", a homily about forgiveness in interpersonal relations, based on the Talmud (Shabat 88b, f. 30r); and a funeral homily ("Derush la-nifṭar," f. 40r). The author cites R. Israel Algazi (Izmir 1680 - Jerusalem 1757, f. 17r) for an interpretation of Proverbs 31:26. Other smaller texts at the end are writings in Judeo-Arabic (f. 83v-86v), and an interpretive, calculative, and mystical treatise on the Hebrew lunar calendar. The first two treatises of the manuscript are written in long lines with one bold word heading every few paragraphs; the final treatise is written in long lines with summary phrases on the left edge enclosed in boxes. Written in a Moroccan cursive script. The manuscript was written on early starch paper, and it has evidence of staining and crumbling at the edges; the final two folios are only partially extant. Folios of a later manuscript (circa 1870), also in a Moroccan cursive script on acidic paper, was bound in with this manuscript. The main signature statement of Yaʻaḳov Abu Śabilah contains a small calligraphic signature (bottom of f. 29v); smaller signatures appear elsewhere (f. 3r, 57v, 69r). Rebound in boards with a blue paper exterior; binding cords are visible in the outer gutter and spine of the binding, circa 1920.

Contents:

1. f.1r-83v: Derashot

2. f. 83v-86v: [Judeo-Arabic texts]

3. f. 86v-92v: f. 86v-92v: [Simane ha-ḥadashim].

1. f.1r-83v: דרשות

3. f. 86v-92v: f. 86v-92v: [סימני החודשים].

Cited as:

UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 511.

OCLC:

1111632595