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Work on the laws of sheḥiṭah and ṭerefot : manuscript.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts CAJS Rar Ms 811
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Ibn Wanneh, Yiḥye Yonah Saliman, author.
- Language:
- Hebrew
- Judeo-Arabic
- Subjects (All):
- Karo, Joseph ben Ephraim, 1488-1575. Hilkhot sheḥiṭah--Commentaries.
- Karo, Joseph ben Ephraim.
- Karo, Joseph ben Ephraim, 1488-1575. Hilkhot ṭerefot--Commentaries.
- Shehitah.
- Jews--Dietary laws.
- Jews.
- Cabala.
- Jews--Yemen (Republic)--History--Sources.
- Genre:
- tuǧras.
- Manuscripts, Hebrew -- 19th century.
- Manuscripts, Judeo-Arabic -- 19th century.
- Penn Provenance:
- Purchased from Mizrahi Bookstore (Brooklyn, N.Y.), March 2024.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (71 leaves) ; 13 x 9 cm + 2 leaves
- Production:
- Yemen, 1847-1848.
- Language Note:
- In Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic.
- Summary:
- Work on the laws of sheḥiṭah (kosher slaughter) and ṭerefot (kosher ritual inspection) created by Yiḥye Yonah Saliman Ibn Wanneh (from his formulary for composing a Semikhah (permission to slaughter) with his tuǧra autograph, dated 15 Elul 5608 [13 September 1848]; f. 1r); the work is composed of selections from the Shulḥan ʻarukh Yoreh deʻah, and also includes cabalistic portions and mystical allusions behind the kashrut laws. The author was a student of Yaḥyā ben Joseph Ṣaliḥ, also known as Maharits (1725-1806; "מורי ורבי צלח מהרר"צ נחל עדן...", f. 54v; additionally recording a birth of son Yosef on 19 Nisan 5608 [Saturday, 22 April 1848; f. 70r). Written in a 19th century Yemenite semicursive script; bound in contemporary cloth.
- Notes:
- First leaf of the text decorated (triangles and circles, overlined, with floral patterns at top; f. 2r).
- Laid in with the manuscript: a fragment of a manuscript text of a hashbaʻah (a talismanic protection against demons), Yemen, circa early 20th century; and a fragment of an ethical text, pasted on to the endleaf, Yemen, late 19th century.
- Cited as:
- Work on the Laws of Sheḥiṭah and Ṭerefot (UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 811). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.
- OCLC:
- 1570344429
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