Simḥat Torah liturgy, rite of Cochin, 1876 November 15 : manuscript.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Marx, Arthur, former owner.

Sassoon, David Solomon, 1880-1942, former owner.

Hallegua, Leṿi ben Shem Ṭov, scribe.

Meshoḥrar, Shemuʼel ben Yosef, dedicatee, former owner.

Paradesi Synagogue (Cochin, India), associated name.

Standardized Title:

Maḥzor. Simḥat Torah

Language:

Aramaic

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Simḥat Torah.

Genre:

Piyutim.

Liturgical books.

Manuscripts, Hebrew -- 19th century.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Shelomoh Yaʼudah (autograph, f. 1r).

Formerly owned by David Solomon Sassoon (bookplate; stamp on f. 46v).

Formerly sold at Sotheby's (New York, New York), 2014 December 4, lot 117.

Sold by Kestenbaum & Co. (Brooklyn, New York), auction 114, 2025 November 13, lot 75.

Formerly owned by Arthur Marx (stamp: "מספרי אברהם מארקס", front free-end).

Written for Shemuʼel ben Yosef Meshoḥrar (colophon (f. 46r): "... אל יהיה בעזרו ובטעמיו במעלת שמו שמואל בן יוסף משוחרר הי"ו ..."; his surname indicates that he was part of the Meshuchrarim of Cochin (romanized Meshuḥrarim) who were manumitted slaves of mixed racial descent associated with the Paradesi Jewish community).

Physical Description:

48 leaves : paper, 12 x 10 cm

Production:

Cochin, 1876 November 11.

Language Note:

In Hebrew, with one selection in Aramaic (the Simḥat Torah Kaddish (f. 36r-37r))

Summary:

Simḥat Torah liturgy of Cochin, written by Leṿi ben Shem Ṭov Hallegua; the liturgy begins with קומו ברנה עדת אמוני (the first of the Cochin Haḳafot; see Seder Tefilot shevaḥot ṿe-shirim... ke-fi minhag Anshe Shingili (Amsterdam : Proops, 1756/7, folio [alif]3)) and completes with the special Kaddish (f. 37r-40r), followed by an addenda of piyutim (קול שמחה וקול ששון השמע בחודש הראשון, f. 40r; שערי פדות אפתחה, f. 40v-41r; אחד יחיד ומיוחד, f. 41r; יגלה כבוד מלכותך, f. 41v; ישרו בעיני כל דרכיך [attributed to Judah ha-Levi], f. 42r; and שלמית שובי by Solomon ben Mazzal Tov (f. 44v). Written in thirteen lines (Simḥat Torah liturgy portion, f. 1r-40r) and fifteen lines (piyutim portion, f. 40r-45v), frame-ruled in lead (pricked on line); written in a Sephardic square script, vocalized.

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.

Related Collections:

Another manuscript of the Cochin Simḥat Torah liturgy, dated 5646 (1885 or 1886), is CAJS Rar Ms 546.

Cited in:

Sassoon, Solomon David. Ohel Dawid: Descriptive catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan manuscripts in the Sassoon Library, London, volume 1, page 260-261

Cited as:

Simḥat Torah Liturgy, Rite of Cochin (Ms. Codex 2378). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

Contains:

Seder Haḳafot.

OCLC:

1593463314