Moroccan kosher slaughter and butchering customs ; manuscript.
כתב-יד של מנהגי מרוקו בשחיטה וטריפות.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Elis & Ruth Douer Endowed Fund.

Berdugo, Mordekhaï, 1705-1762, associated name.

Berdugo, Mosheh, approximately 1679-1730, associated name.

Ibn Ẓur, Jacob ben Reuben, 1673-1752, associated name.

Attar, Judah ben Jacob ibn, 1655-1733, associated name.

Language:

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Shehitah.

Manuscripts, Hebrew--Morocco--Meknès--18th century--Specimens.

Manuscripts, Hebrew.

Genre:

Responsa (Jewish law)

codices (bound manuscripts)

Penn Provenance:

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

Physical Description:

36 leaves : paper ; 16 x 10 cm

Production:

[Meknès? Morocco], [1775?-1799?]

[מקנס? מרוקו], [1775?-1779?]

Other Title:

manuscript caption : Minhagim me-duyaḳim heṭev, ṿe.zo.n. ke-fi mah she-anu nohagin ʻal pi shoḥṭim muvhaḳim Y.sh.ts.ṿ. A.ke.y.r.

manuscript caption : מנהגים מדוייקים היטבף וז"ן כפי מה שאני נוהגין על פי שוחטים מובהקים ישצ"ו אכי"ר

Language Note:

In Hebrew.

Summary:

Compendium manuscript of customs surrounding Shehitah (kosher slaughter) and butchering, citing authorities and locales; contains laws pertaining to inspecting lungs (f. 1r-6v), rulings by Marbits (Mordekhai ben Joseph Berdugo, 1715?-1762 (date terminus post quem); f. 6v-10v), a ruling from the rabbis of Fès on thread-like lung adhesions ("תשובת שאלה מחכמי פאס יע"א מה ששאלת שכתבת שמצאת סירכא בווארדא כחוטין דקין..."; f. 10v-11v), a responsa by Maimon Yafil of Algiers regarding the vertebrae (f. 11v-12v), miscellanea (f. 12v-19v), the Terefot customs of Tafilalt (f. 20r-25v) and Fès (f. 25v-35v). Local and contemporary authorities cited include the Berdugo rabbinical dynasty (Moses ben Abraham, 1679?-1730; and Refa'el) of Meknès, and additionally Jacob ibn Zur (1673-1753) and Judah ben Jacob ibn Attar (1655-1733). Written in a Sephardic semicursive script, in a scribal hand; catchwords; captions (written in a Sephardic square script).

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Elis & Ruth Douer Endowed Fund.

Cited as:

Moroccan kosher slaughter and butchering customs (UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 739). Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania.

Contains:

Yafil, Maimon. Teshuvah.

OCLC:

1457175992