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ʻInyan ḥenṿani ʻal pinḳaso.
ענין חנוני על פנקסו.
Library at the Katz Center - Archives Room Manuscript Karp OS BII.35
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Language:
- Aramaic
- Hebrew
- Subjects (All):
- Jews.
- History.
- Yeshivas.
- Turkey--Istanbul.
- Greece--Thessalonikē.
- Oaths in rabbinical literature.
- Oaths (Jewish law).
- Burden of proof (Jewish law).
- Dinei mamonot.
- Yeshivas--History--Sources.
- Jews--Greece--Thessalonikē--History--Sources.
- Jews--Turkey--Istanbul--History--Sources.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- Manuscripts, European.
- speeches (documents)
- Penn Provenance:
- Formerly in the collection of Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Karp.
- Physical Description:
- 1 leaf : paper ; 230 x 370 mm
- Other Title:
- [Discourse on a Talmudic topic]
- [חידושים על עניין שבתלמוד].
- Place of Publication:
- [Thessalonikē?], [between 1600 and 1699]
- [שאלוניקי?], [בין 1600-1699]
- Language Note:
- Hebrew; some quotations and words in Aramaic.
- Summary:
- This is a manuscript of a Talmudic discourse (חידושים) composed on the subject of the compelling an oath or payment from a defendant in a case such as a store owner who discovers dues in a ledger (in a case where this store owner cannot remember if the defendant owes money, relying on the ledger alone; חנוני על פנקסו, the merchant on his ledger's word; Bavli Shavuʻot 44b); the discourse primarily attempts to solve the differences of the opinions of Asher ben Jehiel (contradictory responsa, 86 and 150) and Maimonides (Mishneh Torah Milṿeh ṿe-loṿeh 16:5), additionally quoting Talmudic sources and finally legal authorities (Turim, Mosheh Isserles, and Joel Sirkes). Strikeouts and corrections throughout the document.
- Notes:
- Ms. leaf.
- Title from caption preceding text (formerly top line of accordion fold, now at upper left corner of recto); alternate title Discourse on a Talmudic topic supplied by cataloger.
- Layout: Written in three columns (recto) and four columns (verso); item originally a four-fold accordion document, and the third column on recto was originally the opening column.
- Script: Written in a Sephardic semicursive script.
- Origin: Written likely in Greece or Turkey, possibly Thessalonikē or Istanbul (locales with prominent yeshivot studying Dinei mamonot in depth).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Karp OS BII.35.
- OCLC:
- 1293239406
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