Excerpts on Hebrew Linguistics: [1] Glossary of roots, from Ḳimḥi's 'Book of Roots'; [2] the definite article in Rabbinic literature, from Solomon Zalman of Hanau’s Tsohar ha-tevah
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Excerpts on Hebrew Linguistics: [1] Glossary of roots, from David Ḳimḥi's 'Book of Roots'; [2] Rule for when, in Rabbinic literature, the definite article is explicit and when it is implicit, from Solomon Zalman of Hanau’s Tsohar ha-tevah Or 17060 (1): Sheets 1 - 3: Glossary of biblical Hebrew ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Hebrew
Date Range:
1860-1930
Extent:
2 separate items: the first contains 3 loose sheets; the second contains 1 sheet.
Sermons, Essays, and Torah Thoughts, mid 5685 Anno Mundi
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One of Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor's (HED’s) notebooks, containing [1] Sermons for various occasions, essays on Jewish themes and biblical and Rabbinic passages, Hebrew word studies, poems, remedies and protections, laws and customs, and Jewish data; [2] Financial records; and [3] Table of Conten...
Ethical and Linguistic Reflections on the Bible, and Related Items - 5657 Anno Mundi, Part 4
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One of Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor's (HED's) notebooks containing a compilation of sermons, homilies, biblical-Hebrew word studies, studies of biblical passages and verses, ethical fables and poems, reflections on the soul, etc., all in the spirit of the religious / rabbinic Haskalah, and drawing...
Sermons and Jewish Concepts, recorded in Pigeon Service notebook
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British Army WWI Pigeon Service Book. Used by Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor (HED) as a notebook to record sermons and other Jewish items on Rabbinic literature, theology, and biography. HED’s pagination seems to occasionally repeat numbers. Folios 1 – 8r: Sermons associated with the Scroll (Me...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic
Date Range:
1917-1930
Extent:
43 folios. British Army World War I Pigeon Service pad, with a minority of onionskin pages and a majority of thick paper pages.
Historical Timeline: Dating Jewish and world events and notable persons
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Or 17064 (1). Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor's (HED's) dating of 67 world events back from the year 5684 Anno Mundi (= 1923/4 CE), including events of general and Jewish significance, and the birth of people of renown. For the first item, HED gives the corresponding Anno Mundi year: [the year 5684 is...
Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor's Alphabetic Index of Talmudic Tales, covering the entire alphabet with addenda at the end. Each entry icludes: entry name; one-line summary; and notation of Talmudic tractate, folio and side.
Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor's Alphabetic Index of Talmudic Tales, covering letter alef / א and most of letter bet / ב (= A and B). Each entry icludes: entry name; full text of Talmudic extract; and notation of Talmudic tractate, folio and side.
Brief Index of tales that occur in the Zohar Ḥadash and the Babylonian Talmud
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Brief Index of tales that occur in the Zohar Ḥadash and the Babylonian Talmud. Arranged by title of source (e.g. Zohar Ḥadash; Rosh Hashanah; Berakhot; etc.); folio number and side; and key phrase.
Collection of topic-indices and textual extracts: Zoharic Literature, Midrash, and Talmud
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Collection of topic-indices and textual extracts: Zoharic Literature, Midrash, and Talmud. Compiled by Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor (HED). Loose pages or small series of pages. Or 17068 (1): Beginnings of topics / quotes from Zoharic literature, Midrash, and the Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmuds,...