Laudatory poem for Purim, written to Śimḥah ha-Leṿi Bamberger : manuscript.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Schiffman, David, 1852-1926, creator.

Contributor:

Bamberger, Śimḥah, ha-Leṿi, 1832-1897, addressee, dedicatee.

Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

במברגר, שמחה, הלוי.

Language:

Aramaic

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Rabbis--Germany--Fischach--19th century.

Rabbis.

Rabbis--Germany--Aschaffenburg--19th century.

Purim.

Charity.

Genre:

Manuscripts, Aramaic -- 19th century.

Manuscripts, Hebrew -- 19th century.

Epistolary poetry.

Laudatory poetry.

Acrostics (Poetry)

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Rarity Auction House (Spring Valley, New York), November 2024.

Physical Description:

1 leaf : paper ; 28 x 25 cm

Production:

Tiberias, Israel, 1878?-1897

Contained In:

Miscellaneous Manuscripts. Box 26 Folder 30

Other Title:

Text begins: B.H. Igeret ha-Purim ; "na" pataḥana petḥa le-hai parashah : en "na" ela leshon baḳashah...

ב"ה. אגרת הפורים : "נא" פתחנא פיתחא להאי פרשה: אין "נא" אלא לשון בקשה...

Language Note:

In Aramaic (poem), with footnotes and dedicatory line in Hebrew.

Biography/History:

David Shiffman was an author and poet, who served as an emmissary and rabbi first in Beirut, Lebanon, and later in Tiberias, Israel, raising funds for Holy Land charities (and other examples of his Purim poems survive); active in the Meḳitse nirdamim Society (also known as Sumptibus Societatis Mekize Nirdamim); see his introduction to his Sefer Yad ṿa-shem ṭov (Jerusalem, [1900?]).

Summary:

Acrostic Purim composition, composed and dedicated to Śimḥah ha-Leṿi Bamberger (likely after the death of his father, Seligmann Baer Bamberger, rabbi of Würzburg, in 1878, whom Schiffman eulogized in Tiberias; this eulogy was later printed in his book, Sefer Yad ṿa-shem ṭov; Bamberger was rabbi in Fischach until 1882, and afterwards rabbi in Aschaffenburg until his death in 1897),alluding to his charity collections and donations sent from Bavarian Jewry.

Notes:

Title devised by cataloger.

Acrostic spells: מ'ש'ל'ו'ח' מ'נ'ו'ת' מ'ד'ו'ד' ש'פ'מ'א'ן', with the second strophe reverse-spelled מ'ש'ל'ו'ח' מ'נ'ו'ת'; third and fourth strophes spell ל'ר'ב' ה'א'י' ג'א'ו'ן' ש'מ'ח'ה' ה'ל'ו'י' ב'ב'. Register of lines at final dedication (lower left), key (lower right); autograph centered. Upper strophes ruled in one square, while lower strophes ruled in two squares, in lead.

Cited as:

Laudatory Poem for Purim, Written to Śimḥah ha-Leṿi Bamberger (Misc Mss Box 26 Folder 30). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1528904377