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[Baḳashot : custom of Yemen].
[בקשות : מנהג תימן].
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Language:
- Aramaic
- Hebrew
- Judeo-Arabic
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--Yemen (Republic)--Prayers and devotions.
- Jews.
- Angels--Prayers.
- Angels.
- Genre:
- Codices (bound manuscripts)
- prayers (document genre).
- religious poems.
- Penn Provenance:
- Formerly owned by Marvin L. Colker, cataloger of manuscripts at Trinity College Dublin and professor of classics at the University of Virgina (former call number Colker MS 14); purchased by Colker from Kaniel, Jerusalem (Christie's).
- Sold by Christie's London, Online auction 21173 (November 28, 2022) as part of the collection of Marvin L. Colker.
- Physical Description:
- 6 leaves : paper ; 160 x 110 (135 x 88) mm bound to 170 x 120 mm.
- Other Title:
- spine title : Baḳashah le-R' Yishmaʻel ben Elishaʻ
- בקשה לר' ישמעאל בן אלישע
- תפילת הפרנסה.
- בקשה נאה על גלות השכינה.
- Place of Publication:
- [Yemen], [1750?-1799?].
- [תימן], [1799?-1750?].
- Language Note:
- Hebrew; lines of Judeo-Arabic (f. 5r-6r) and final piyutim in Aramaic (f. 5v-6v).
- Summary:
- This is a manuscript of devotions (בקשות) in a Yemeni custom, likely originating as a bifolium of manuscript texts. Baḳashah le-R' Yishmaʻel ben Elishaʻ is pseudepigrapha attributed to Ishmael ben Elisha, the high priest (this prayer appears to have originated in the 17th century, printed in Binyamin Benish ben Yehudah Leib ha-kohen, Amtaḥat Binyamin (Wilhermsdorff, 1715-6, f. 5a-b), and this manuscript contains a number of variants); the devotion invokes the names of angels (more names are mentioned in this manuscript version; f. 2r-v) with the focus on Akatriel, angel of the presence (f. 2v; based upon the incident of Ishmael ben Elisha meeting this angel in the Holy of Holies, mentioned in a Baraita (Talmud Bavli, Berakhot 7a)). Tefilat ha-parnasah is a prayer for sustenance (f. 3v-4v) and Baḳashah naʼeh ʻal galut ha-Sheḥinah is a devotion on the Jewish exile, beginning יונה יונה (based upon Judah ha-Levi's מה לאחותי; Davidson 417) and ending with Israel Najara's Yah ribon ʻolam (f. 5v-6r).
- Notes:
- Ms. codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Collation: Paper, 6; iii (modern endpapers) + 1⁶ (18th century paper) + iii (modern endpapers); modern foliation in pencil, lower left recto.
- Layout: Written in single columns, justified to margins; catchwords below each column on recto.
- Script: Written in a Yemenite cursive script; first portion vocalized (likely later); headings written in a Yemenite square script.
- Decoration: Floral designs (f. 4v).
- Binding: Late 20th century faux alligator leather; linen spine; grey thick stock endpapers; white ribbon divider.
- Origin: Written in Yemen, likely during the latter 18th century.
- Many leaves darkened with heavy use.
- Cited as:
- UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 615.
- Contains:
- Ishmael ben Elisha, active 2nd century, Baḳashah le-R' Yishmaʻel ben Elishaʻ., attributed name.
- Najara, Israel ben Moses, 1555?-1625? Yah ribon ʻolam.
- Tefilat ha-parnasah.
- Baḳashah naʼeh ʻal galut ha-Sheḥinah.
- ישמעאל בן אלישע, המאה ה־2, בקשה לר' ישמעאל בן אלישע., מיוחס.
- נג'ארה, ישראל בן משה, 1555?-1625? יה רבון עולם.
- תפילת הפרנסה.
- בקשה נאה על גלות השכינה.
- OCLC:
- 1372184572
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