Collection of manuscript letters and responsa written by Solomon Michel Jona of Turin.
אוסף מכתבים ושו"ת של ישעיה חזקיה שלמה מכאל יונה מטורינו.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Jona, Solomon Michel, -1811, author, scribe.

Contributor:

Rare Judaica Acquisitions Fund.

Saruco, Solomon, 1752-1784, addressee.

Treves, Yeḥiʼel Ḥayim, addressee.

Melle, Benjamin Ha-kohen, active 18th century, addressee.

Yaʼir Neḥemiah ben Mosheh ʻAzaryah, active 18th century, addressee.

Library at the Katz Center Special Collections (University of Pennsylvania)

סרוק, שלמה.

טריביש, יחיאל חיים.

מעלי, בנימין הכהן.

יאיר נחמיה בן משה עזריה.

Language:

Hebrew

Italian

Subjects (All):

Manuscripts, Hebrew--Italy--Vercelli--18th century--Specimens.

Manuscripts, Hebrew.

Manuscripts, Hebrew--Italy--Turin--18th century--Specimens.

Letters.

Hague (Netherlands).

Amsterdam (Netherlands).

Turin (Italy).

Vercelli (Italy).

Genre:

Codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, European.

Responsa (Jewish law)

Personal correspondence.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Refa'eli Auctions (Jerusalem), January 2022.

Physical Description:

9 items : paper ; 30 cm (and smaller)

Production:

Vercelli : Turin, Italy, between 1779 and 1793

Language Note:

Hebrew; some Italian (753.9 with Italian translated from the Hebrew).

Biography/History:

Jonah (Hebrew: Yeshʻayah Ḥizḳiyah Shelomoh Mikhaʼel ben Shimʻon Yonah; died January 1811), rabbi and rabbinical judge in Turin and Piedmontese Jewish communities (רבא ומדברנא ומ"ץ דקק"י טורינו ומצודתו פרוסה על כל גלילות פיימונטי); younger companion of Hayyim Joseph David Azulai.

Summary:

Collection of personal documents of the rabbi of Turin, including responsa and correspondence.

Contents:

753.1: [Novellae on the Talmudic topic of witness signatures on official documents, or עדי חתימה כרתי, Vercelli?, undated]

753.2: [Appeal to brother-in-law Solomon Saruco, Hague, Netherlands, regarding plight of brother Rafael Jona, Turin, undated]

753.3: [Responsa, regarding immersion of vessels, Torino?, undated]

753.4: [Responsa, regarding handwashing and additional fiscal laws, Torino [Turin], undated]

753.5: [Responsa, 2 Heshvan 5544 [28 October 1783], written regarding a woman who wished to take medicine for difficulties with menstruation]

753.6: [Draft of letter, written to Benjamin Ha-kohen Melle [of Amsterdam?], updating details regarding a civil lawsuit, undated]

753.7: [Letter written by brother-in-law Yechiel Treves, and undersigned by Jona, admonishing a synagogue confraternity and a call for communal order, Vercelli, 2 Sivan 5539 [17 May 1779]]

753.8: [Responsa to Yaʼir Neḥemiah ben Mosheh ʻAzaryah, ritual scribe and shohet of Turin, regarding traditions of space placings in Torah scrolls, separating portions of the Book of Genesis; Turin, 22 Tevet 5547 [12 January 1787]

753.9: [Responsa document, Italian and Hebrew, regarding the validity of a Torah scroll which the letter ḥet was damaged, and a mourner seeking to be involved with business to avoid losses; Vercelli, 13 July 1794].

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rare Judaica Acquisitions Fund.

Cited as:

Collection of manuscript letters and responsa written by Yeshʻayah Ḥizḳiyah Shelomoh Mikhaʼel Yonah of Turin (UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 753). Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1479340642