[Broadside, text forming a shipwreck letter].
[דף-חרוז, לכתוב מכתב של ספינה מטבעת].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Abraham J. and Deborah Karp Collection of Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Shipwrecks--Religious aspects.

Shipwrecks.

Jewish sailors--19th century.

Jewish sailors.

Ships in rabbinical literature.

Genre:

Prayers.

Broadsides.

Penn Provenance:

Karp, Abraham J. (former owner) (CAJS Karp copy)

Physical Description:

1 leaf ; 25 cm (fol.)

Manufacture:

[Amsterdam? Netherlands?] : [printer not identified], [approximately 1800]

[אמשטרדם?] : [חמו"ל], [תק"ס בערך]

Other Title:

text begins : Shalom le-alufim parnasim gabaʼim manhigim ṿe-khol ḳeneset Yiśraʼelim ha-ḳedoshim ha-darim ba-ʻir h.v.z.t. [that is, ha-zʼot] shimʻu li...

שלום לאלופים פרנסים נביאים מנהיגים כשרים וכל קנסת(!) ישראלים הקדושים בעיר הזאת...

Summary:

Template document, printed and with handwritten corrections, written for use of Jewish seafarers for preserving their identity, and whereabouts, during ocean storms; the text addresses parnassim, gabbaim, and communal dignitaries in the closest town identified with three living Jews, to explain how the vessel is close to capsizing and sinking, and the seafarer is praying for the storm to subside. Included in the text are verses for divine assistance, a quote from the Talmud (Bava Batra 73a, regarding an instance that Rabbah bar bar Hannah quieted a storm through a Divine name; "אשתעו לי נחותי ימא האי גלא דמטבע לספינה מיתחזי כי צוציתא דנורא חיוורתא..." and another quote (related to Yalḳuṭ Shimʻoni, Exodus 234, ויאמרו לפניו רבש"ע הללו עובדי עבודה זרה).

Local Notes:

CAJS Karp copy formerly owned by Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Karp.

CAJS Karp copy stained; paper holed.

OCLC:

1500486726