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11. Or 17037

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17037
Title:
ביאור קצר; שרח ערבי
Scope & Content:
[1] 'Short Commentary' = Hakham Ezra Dangoor's Pentateuch commentary that later was entitled 'Adi Zahav, here covering Genesis 1:1 - 5:29 (most of Pericope Be-re'shit).[2] 'Arabic Translation' = Hakham Ezra Dangoor's Judeo-Arabic translation of the Pentateuch, here covering Genesis chapters 1 - 3...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic
Date Range:
1860-1930
Extent:
2 notebooks, 40 folios (20 folios each)

12. Or 17038

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17038
Title:
שרח קהלת
Scope & Content:
1. Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor's Judeo-Arabic translation of Ecclesiastes. Although part of a larger project that includes transcription of the biblical text and a Hebrew commentary, only the Judeo-Arabic translation is copied here. 2. The back page contains an Arabic - English language exercise.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Judeo-Arabic
Date Range:
1865-1930
Extent:
1 Notebook: folios 1 - 4, Judeo-Arabic translation of Ecclesiastes; folio 6b, Arabic - English language exercise.

13. Or 17039

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17039
Title:
אמרי קהלת: ספר דברי קהלת עם ביאור אמרי קהלת (ותרגום בלשון ערבי)
Scope & Content:
Hakham Ezra Reuven Dangoor's Introduction, followed by his presentation of the original Hebrew biblical text of Ecclesiastes in block letters with vocalization and cantillation marks, beneath which is his Judeo-Arabic translation in smaller block letters with vocalization, beneath which is his He...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic
Date Range:
1860-1930
Extent:
2 notebooks, containing 48 folios

14. Or 17043

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17043
Title:
Notebook containing: [1] financial accounts of charities & communal institutions related to Baghdad's Great Synagogue; and [2] drafts of Ecclesiastes Commentary.
Scope & Content:
1r - 6r: accounts for the outer Great Synagogue, year 5664 (= 1904). 7r: Accounts (related to above?). 9r - 10v: Donations by members of the community to the Great Synagogue, month of Iyyar, 5664 (= Spring 1904). 11r - 12r (continuation of above): Accounts: building, upkeep, wages. 14r - 33v: ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic
Date Range:
1904 - 1930
Extent:
1 notebook, with 137 folios

15. Or 17045

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17045
Title:
Materials connected to Hakham Dangoor’s work on Ecclesiastes
Scope & Content:
Background materials and preparatory studies relevant to Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor’s (HED's) Arabic translation of and Hebrew commentary on Ecclesiastes, and draft fragments of the Hebrew commentary. Or 17045 (1). A 5-folio fragment of the biblical scroll Ecclesiastes with the Arabic translatio...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic
Date Range:
1888 - 1930
Extent:
8 separate items; total of 15 folios

16. Or 17046

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17046
Title:
סדר עיבור השנים \ סדר העיבור
Scope & Content:
Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor's monograph on the fixed Jewish calendar, its coordination with other calendars, and ancillary information. Contains prose and tables. (Folio 1r): Ownership: poem declaring ownership of the book. (Folio 1v): Scope and Content: Beginning with the words seder ‘ibur h...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic
Date Range:
1887-1930
Extent:
1 hardbound codex, 105 folios, including the original binding plus two added quires

17. Or 17047

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17047
Title:
Jewish pocket-sized calendar for 5689 Anno Mundi = 1928 - 1929 Common Era
Scope & Content:
Jewish pocket-sized calendar for 5689 Anno Mundi = 1928 - 1929 Common Era; by Hakham Ezra Dangoor. This may have been a draft in preparation for publication. Folio 1r: Cover, including: invocations; the year, 5689 Anno Mundi; the location, Baghdad; a benediction from Psalm 35:2, the indicated...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic
Date Range:
1927-1928
Extent:
1 pocket-sized booklet; 19 folios used

18. Or 17048

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17048
Title:
Items relating to the Jewish Calendar
Scope & Content:
Or 17048 (1): folio 1r (fully opening the sheet of paper): Table for years 5615 – 5643 Anno Mundi (= 1854/5 - 1882/3 CE), giving the following information for each year: place in the 19-year ‘Small Cycle’; place in the 28-year ‘Great Cycle’; whether plain or intercalated (= a leap year, with a 1...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic
Date Range:
1890-1923
Extent:
2 sheets of paper: 1 notebook sheet; 1 broadside sheet

19. Or 17049

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17049
Title:
Birthdays and Anniversaries, several Dangoor family members
Scope & Content:
Birthday and Anniversary information given for several Dangoor family members in multiple calendars, including: Jewish; Gregorian?; Islamic; & Ottoman Fiscal. Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor: birthday and anniversary; Reuben Sion Dangoor: birthday and anniversary; Moshe Yauda Dangoor: birthday; El...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic
Date Range:
1893 - 1930
Extent:
1 sheet of paper

20. Or 17050

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17050
Title:
סדר הקפות לשמחת התורה
Scope & Content:
The Order of the Circumambulations (haḳafot) for the Festival of the Celebration of the Torah / Śimḥat Torah, by Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor (HED) The custom of carrying out seven joyous circumambulations on the Festival of the Celebration of the Torah (Śimḥat Torah) took shape in the circle of ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic
Date Range:
1860-1930
Extent:
1 booklet, 13 folios