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Exegesis of the Pentateuchal book of Genesis: fragments of several series of commentary. Digested or written by Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor. Compilations of interpretations on select words and verses of the Pentateuch, according to the “plain” sense, along the lines of the sort of localised interp...
Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor’s (HED’s) digest of various plain-sense commentaries on the Book of Exodus. These works were written by scholars of various orientations, including some affiliated with the religious Haskalah. Presumably, this digest served HED in preparing his own plain-sense commenta...
Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor’s (HED’s) digest of various plain-sense commentaries on the Book of Numbers. These works were written by scholars of various orientations, including some affiliated with the religious Haskalah. Presumably, this digest served HED in preparing his own plain-sense comment...
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.
Fair copy of a collection by Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor of explanations on the theme of Passover and on the Passover Hagadah. The first item is an explanation of the 'Signs of the Seder' / סימני הסדר (a mnemonic encapsulating the order of the Passover Seder) according to the method of 'Remez' / ר...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Hebrew
Date Range:
1860-1930
Extent:
Booklet constituting 1 quire of 7 surviving folios
Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor's (HED's) sermon for Shabat ha-Gadol / שבת הגדול = the 'Great Sabbath', viz. the Sabbath before Passover, 5681 Anno Mundi (= 1921 CE). In the caption, HED points out that since the year is intercalated (sometimes called a 'leap year'), the Sabbath Torah reading is on th...
Interpretations of passages from the Prophets and Hagiographa, in some cases with passages from the Pentateuch: From the archive of Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor
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Interpretations of passages from the Prophets and Hagiographa, in some cases with passages from the Pentateuch; from the archive of Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor (HED) Or 17106 (1): [1] columns A – mid C: excerpts from the work ‘Aṭeret zeḳenim / עתרת זקנים, by Rabbi Chaim Hirschensohn, written on th...
The Jewish religion, multiple topics in single units
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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...
Interpretation of Ethics of the Fathers (Pirḳe Avot / פרקי אבות)
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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...