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31. Or 17084

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17084
Title:
Correspondence, Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor
Scope & Content:
18 separate pieces of correspondence to or from Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor (HED) Or 17084 (1). From Yaakov Meir, Chief Rabbi of Palestine to HED, dated 19(?) Kislev 5685 (= 16 DEC 1924). Language: Hebrew. Or 17084 (2). From [Rabbi] David Ḥay Meir Yosef Nisim, Baghdad / הצעיר דוד חי מאיר יוסף נ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic
Date Range:
1881-1929
Extent:
18 separate items of correspondence:

Or 17084 (1): 1 calling card and 1 envelope.

Or 17084 (2): 1 folio.

Or 17084 (3): 1 folio.

Or 17084 (4): 1 folio.

Or 17084 (5): 1 folio.

Or 17084 (6): 1 folio.

Or 17084 (7): 1 folio.

Or 17084 (8): 1 folio.

Or 17084 (9): 1 folio.

Or 17084 (10): 1 folio.

Or 17084 (11): 1 folio.

Or 17084 (12): 1 folio.

Or 17084 (13): 1 folio.

Or 17084 (14): 1 folio.

Or 17084 (15): 1 folio.

Or 17084 (16): 1 folio.

Or 17084 (17): 1 folio.

Or 17084 (18): 2 folios.

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32. Or 17086

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17086
Title:
Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor's Draft Notebook, Pocketsized
Scope & Content:
This pad was used by Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor (HED), in the last couple years of his life (from 1928), as a personal jotter. It contains drafts of his writings (letters, notes, sermons, calendars), and financial calculations. In a way that is not accessible from polished works on specific topi...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic
Date Range:
1928-1930
Extent:
1 pad; 56 folios.

33. Or 17087

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17087
Title:
Legends of Joseph
Scope & Content:
Legends of Joseph, in Judeo-Arabic, expanding on the biblical narrative. Paginated with Arabic numerals. On some pages, Indian numerals are added alongside the Arabic ones. The name 'Elias Ezra/Esra' is written on the bottom of folio 10b (= page 26).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Judeo-Arabic
Date Range:
1860-1930
Extent:
One paperback notebook. Hand-bound. Missing: front cover and pages 1-6 (= three folios). Extant: 39 folios (pages 7 - 84) and back cover. Pages decorated with light red and / or blue coloured pencil border.

34. Or 17088

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17088
Title:
מסייר אל זמאן
Scope & Content:
Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor's Judeo-Arabic encyclopedic work, מסייר אל זמאן (‘Mover/Driver of Time’), presenting basic knowledge of Jewish theology, praxis, ethics, and great personae, alongside basic knowledge of universal ethics, wisdom, and technological progress. Topics covered include: wisdom...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Aramaic, Hebrew, and Judeo-Arabic
Date Range:
1860-1930
Extent:
10 consecutive notebooks, totalling 198 folios

35. Or 17089

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17089
Title:
מפתחות לדפאתר מסייר אל זמאן; פסקי דינים בקצור מס' רב פעלים של הר' רי"ח טוב זצ"ל
Scope & Content:
This notepad contains two separate items, written from opposite ends of the pad. Item 1; folios 1 and 2. Table of Contents Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor's מסייר אל זמאן (= Mover / Driver of Time), an encyclopedic work in Judeo-Arabic, presenting basic knowledge of Jewish theology, praxis, ethics, ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Judeo-Arabic
Date Range:
1909-1930
Extent:

1 notepad consisting of 16 numbered folios plus two subsequent unused folios and a back cover.

36. Or 17090

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17090
Title:
Draft materials for Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor's work 'Mover/Driver of Time' מסייר אל זמאן
Scope & Content:
Drafts of sections of Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor's (HED’s) ‘Mover of Time’ / מסייר אל זמאן. The work is an encyclopaedic presentation of Jewish ideas, religious practice, wisdom, ethics, and civilisation, contextualised by aspects of world civilisation. Most of these folios have the Judeo-Arabic...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Aramaic, Hebrew, and Judeo-Arabic
Date Range:
1860-1930
Extent:
15 separate units:

Or 17090 (1): 2 folios.

Or 17090 (2): 7 folios.

Or 17090 (3): 4 folios.

Or 17090 (4): 15 folios.

Or 17090 (5): 8 folios.

Or 17090 (6): 10 folios.

Or 17090 (7): 12 folios.

Or 17090 (8): 16 folios.

Or 17090 (9): 2 folios.

Or 17090 (10): 5 folios.

Or 17090 (11): 1 folio.

Or 17090 (12): 25 folios.

Or 17090 (13): 5 folios.

Or 17090 (14): 1 folio.

Or 17090 (15): 49 folios.

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37. Or 17103

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17103
Title:
Passover season, various writings
Scope & Content:
Passover season, various writings from the collection of Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor (HED). Some writings are unquestionably written in the hand of HED. Some of the content is original, while some is collected from other sources. Or 17103 (1). 15-folio notebook plus two inserted sheets, folios 16 ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic
Date Range:
1860-1930
Extent:
10 separate items, related thematically:

Or 17103 (1): 15-folio notebook plus two inserted sheets, folios 16 and 17.

Or 17103 (2) - Or 17103 (9): 1 sheet each.

Or 17103 (10): 3 sheets.

38. Or 17107

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17107
Title:
The Jewish religion, multiple topics in single units
Scope & Content:
From the archives of Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor (HED): multiple, disparate Jewish topics contained in single units. Or 17107 (1): Recto: Passover and the paschal offering in Egypt. Verso: in Judeo-Arabic, Bar Mitzvah, a young man’s assumption of religious obligations such as the donning of tef...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic
Date Range:
1860-1930
Extent:

19 Separate Units

Or 17107 (1): 1 folio.

Or 17107 (2): 3 folios.

Or 17107 (3): 1 folio.

Or 17107 (4): 1 folio.

Or 17107 (5): 1 folio.

Or 17107 (6): 1 folio.

Or 17107 (7): 1 folio.

Or 17107 (8): 1 folio.

Or 17107 (9): 1 folio.

Or 17107 (10): 1 folio.

Or 17107 (11): 1 folio.

Or 17107 (12): 1 folio.

Or 17107 (13): 1 folio.

Or 17107 (14): 2 folios.

Or 17107 (15): 1 folio.

Or 17107 (16): 1 folio.

Or 17107 (17): 3 folios.

Or 17107 (18): 5 folios.

Or 17107 (19): fragment of 1 folio.

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39. Or 17108

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17108
Title:
Interpretation of Ethics of the Fathers (Pirḳe Avot / פרקי אבות)
Scope & Content:
Traditionally, the mishnaic tractate containing Rabbinic ethics, Pirḳe Avot / פרקי אבות = Ethics (lit. Chapters) of the Fathers, is studied on Sabbath afternoons of the weeks between Passover and Shavuot, one chapter per week. In the Mishnah, this tractate consists of five chapters. However, sin...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic
Date Range:
1860-1930
Extent:

6 Separate Items:

Or 17108 (1): 6 folios.

Or 17108 (2): 1 folio.

Or 17108 (3): 1 folio.

Or 17108 (4): 1 folio.

Or 17108 (5): 1 folio.

Or 17108 (6): 42 folios.

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40. Or 17109

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17109
Title:
Homilies and insights on Rabbinic texts
Scope & Content:
Homilies and insights on Rabbinic texts, collected, edited, or composed by Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor (HED). Or 17109 (1): From Meged yeraḥim / מגד ירחים, interpretation of puzzling Rabbinic statement at the end of Babylonian Talmud Soṭah (49b): ‘Our Rabbis taught: When Rabbi died, humility and...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic
Date Range:
1860-1930
Extent:

11 separate items:

Or 17109 (1): 1 folio.

Or 17109 (2): 1 folio.

Or 17109 (3): 1 folio.

Or 17109 (4): 1 folio.

Or 17109 (5): 1 folio.

Or 17109 (6): 1 folio.

Or 17109 (7): 1 folio.

Or 17109 (8): 1 folio.

Or 17109 (9): 1 folio.

Or 17109 (10): 5 folios.

Or 17109 (11): 1 folio.

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