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Bedtime Shema : Italian use ; manuscript.
קריאת שמע על המיטה : מנהג איטליה.
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Standardized Title:
- Bedtime Shema.
- קריאת שמע על המטה.
- תנ"ך. תהלים, קי"ט.
- Language:
- Hebrew
- Subjects (All):
- Bedtime Shema--Liturgical use--Italy--18th century.
- Bedtime Shema.
- Dreams--Religious aspects--Judaism.
- Dreams.
- Manuscripts, Hebrew--Italy--Venice--18th century--Specimens.
- Manuscripts, Hebrew.
- Genre:
- codices (bound manuscripts)
- Manuscripts, European.
- Penn Provenance:
- Formerly owned by S. Senegaglia, Venezia (inscription, front free-end, circa late 18th- early 19th century).
- Former library shelfmark written in pencil ("3040").
- Sold by Refa'eli Auctions (Jerusalem), 2022.
- Physical Description:
- 25 leaves : paper ; 19 x 12 cm
- Production:
- Venice?, 1750?-1799?
- Other Title:
- caption: Seder Ḳeriʼat Shemaʻ
- caption: סדר קריאת שמע
- Language Note:
- In Hebrew.
- Summary:
- Arrangement in manuscript of the Bedtime Shema, the extraliturgical arrangement of verses and prayers recited immediately preceding sleep, according to the day of the week; the beginning of every day's liturgy was to recite Proverbs III:6 three times ("בכל דרכיך דעהו..."), and Psalms CXIX is divided between each day's arrangement; an additional prayer negating nightmares, to be recited in front of the Mezuzah (door post scroll) by Śimḥah Galeno (spelled in Hebrew as גאלינא; Italian use of the name taken from Steinschneider, M., Die hebraeischen Uebersetzungen des Mittelalters, p. 578). Written in an Italian square script, with instructions written in an Italian cursive script; written in single columns of seventeen lines, blind-ruled on columns; possibly originating from Venice (former owner's inscription). Bound in contemporary boards with printed patterns; spine missing, with two rope cords visible; item worn, with insect damage on folios.
- Contents:
- 1. f.1r-10r: [Bedtime Shema, standard liturgy, and for Sunday]
- 2. f. 10r-12r: [Monday]
- 3. f. 12r-14v: [Tuesday]
- 4. f. 14v-16v: [Wednesday]
- 5. f. 16v-19r: [Thursday]
- 6. f. 19r-21v: [Friday]
- 7. f. 21v-23v: [Saturday]
- 8. f. 23v-24v: [Prayer for dreams] / Galeno, Śimḥah.
- Notes:
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rare Judaica Acquisitions Fund.
- Cited as:
- Bedtime Shema : Italian use (UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 737). Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania.
- Contains:
- Galeno, Śimḥah. Tefilah ʻAl ha-ḥalomot.
- Bible. Psalms, CXIX
- גאלינו, שמחה. תפילה על החלומות.
- תנ"ך. תהלים, קי"ט.
- OCLC:
- 1456361266
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