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Piyutim for Simḥat Torah.
פיוטים לשמחת תורה.
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Language:
- Hebrew
- Subjects (All):
- Jews.
- History.
- Piyutim.
- Italy.
- Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew.
- Piyutim--Early works to 1800.
- Simḥat Torah--Liturgy--Texts.
- Simḥat Torah.
- Simḥat Torah--Liturgy.
- Jews--Italy--History--Sources.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- Texts.
- Codices (bound manuscripts)
- Poems.
- Manuscripts, European.
- Penn Provenance:
- Formerly in the collection of Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Karp.
- Physical Description:
- 6 leaves : paper ; 144 x 90 (130 x 85) mm bound to 147 x 93 mm
- Place of Publication:
- Italy, between 1740 and 1770.
- איטליה, בין 1740-1770.
- Language Note:
- Hebrew.
- Summary:
- This is a manuscript of piyutim for Simḥat Torah, likely written as a local custom of a small Italian town. There is no explicit mention of Simḥat Torah in the manuscript, but the context of the piyutim makes clear that it is meant for this holiday. The first piyut is Shemesh u-magen by Benjamin ha-Kohen Vitale of Reggio, first printed in his book of hymns (ʻEt ha-zamir, Venice: Nella Stamparia Bragadina, 1707, f. 20r-21v), as a piyut for Simḥat Torah; the second is Eḥad yaḥid u-meyuḥad by Avigdor b. Isaac Kara of Prague, which was first printed in a book of zemirot (Birkat Ha-mazon ke-minhag Ashkenaz u-Folin, Amsterdam: Solomon Proops, 1722, f. 32r-33r). While printed as a hymn for celebrating a groom, the appearance of it in this manuscript means that it was used for Ḥatan Torah and Ḥatan Bi-reshit, the custom of calling a community dignitary for the final aliyah of the yearly completion of the Torah, and another for the first aliyah of the opening of the new cycle; according to the minhag, the honored are called "Bridegrooms (חתנים)".
- Contents:
- 1. f. 1r-2r: Shemesh u-magen / Benjamin ben Eliezer ha-Kohen Vitale, of Reggio, 1651-1730
- 2. f. 3r-4r: Eḥad yaḥid u-meyuḥad / Kara, Avigdor ben Isaac, -1439.
- 1. f. 1r-2r: שמש ומגן / בנימין בן אליעזר הכהן ויטאלי מרגיו, 1651-1730
- 2. f. 3r-4r: אחד יחיד ומיוחד / קרא, אביגדור בן יצחק, -1439.
- Notes:
- Ms. codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Collation: Paper, 6; 1⁶; modern foliation in pencil, lower left recto, [i], 1-5.
- Layout: Written in 13-15 lines, ruled lightly in ink; the first piyut has four strophes, and the second has three.
- Script: Written in a Italian square script; unvocalized.
- Decoration: Underbraces below each refrain ("Haleluyah, Haleluyah") for the second piyut (f. 3r-4r).
- Binding: Contemporary (18th-century) paper wrapper, with stamped floral design; spine reinforced with paper with a concentrated geometric design.
- Origin: Written in Italy, between circa 1740 and 1770.
- Blue paper with deckle edge.
- Cited as:
- UPenn Karp BVIII.2.
- OCLC:
- 1237662038
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