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Or 12310
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- Or 12310
- Title:
- Rabbinical responsum on the second day of festivals in the Diaspora
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Record Type (Level):
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- Extent:
- 5 folios (ii+5+ii)
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- Languages:
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- Start Date:
- 1855
- End Date:
- 1855
- Date Range:
- 1855
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- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 12310
Rabbinical responsum on the second day of festivals in the Diaspora
Contents
Printed circular and handwritten reply on halakhic matters.
Language(s): Hebrew
Physical Description
Composite paper codex of the 19th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 5 folios (ii+5+ii)Collation
Numerous modern blank leaves as fillers after f. 5.
Binding
BL in-house, blue cloth binding.
Title on spine: 'Responsum on the calendar. Hebrew. British Library. Oriental MS. 12310.'
History
Origin: 1855 Italy (Mantua and Siena)Provenance and Acquisition
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1041; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 3 October 1931.
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Contents
ff. 1r-1vTitle: שאלה בענין יום טוב שני של גלויותTitle: Sheʾelah be-ʿinyan yom ṭov sheni shel galuyotA printed circular dated the 10th month of 5614 (=1855) from Mordekhai ha-Leṿi Mortara and Solomon Nissim, of Mantua, soliciting rabbinic opinions concerning the abolition of the Second Day of the Festivals in the diaspora.
This copy is addressed to Shemuʾel Nissim at Siena; the addressee and the town are added by hand onto the title on f. 1r: אל פני מלא רוח בינה לראש פינה הרב הגדול כמוהר"ר שמואל נסים נר"ו וחכימי דיהודאי דישרן סמיכין עלוהי לתורה ולתעודה בק"ק סיינה.
Date and place, and authors of the letter are given at the end: פה מנטובה יע"א הו"ד ןחדר לח' העשירי ש' בה'ר' ה'ק'ד'ש' בירושלם לפ"ק. נאם חמשרת בקדש עה"ת ועה"ע הצעיר מרדכי הלוי מרטארה והמשרת בקדש למשנה הקטן שלמה נסים.
References
On the polemic in Italy about the second festival day in the diaspora see M. Benayahu, Yom Ṭov Sheni shel Galuyot (Jerusalem, 1987).Physical Description
Paper codex of the 19th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 1 leafDimensions (leaf): 271 × 198 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
Condition
Layout
Columns:1
Printed.
Hand(s)
Decoration
Additions:History
Origin: 1855 1855 Italy (Mantua)Provenance
II
Contents
ff. 2r-5vTitle: תשובה בענין יום טוב שני של גלויותTitle: Teshuvah be-ʿinyan yom ṭov sheni shel galuyotShemuʾel Nissim's reply in two drafts (a brief one and a long one), dated 1st day of the 1st month of 5614, probably an error for 5615.
Date and place are given at the end of the letter: פה סיינה - ביום החודש הראשון באחד לחדש ...חקת עולם לד'ר'ת'י'כם
References
On this MS see: M. Benayahu, Yom Ṭov Sheni shel Galuyot (Jerusalem, 1987), pp. 34-36, 55-56, the responsum is printed in pp. 93-96.Physical Description
Paper codex of the 19th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 4 folios (ff. 2-5)Dimensions (leaf): 205/215 × 152/154 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
Two bifolia on guards.
Condition
Usage stains.
Layout
Columns:1
Numerous marginal notes.
Hand(s)
Sefardi semi-cursive script of the 19th century.
Decoration
Additions:Black oval stamp of the Ḳehilah Ḳedoshah of Mantova on f. 1v: בטח ביי ועשה טוב שכן ארץ ורעה אמונה - חותמת ר"מ לשרת בקדש בק"ק מנטובה
.History
Origin: 1855 Italy (Siena)Provenance
Additional Information
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and the Catalogue of Hebrew Manuscripts in the Gaster Collection, the British Library, London; preface by Brad Sabin Hill; reproduced from the MS and typescript blue-slips prepared by Jacob Leeven, Joseph Rosenwasser and David Goldstein (London: Hebrew Section. Oriental and India Office Collection, 1996) (unpublished copy is available in the AAS reading room).Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_12310 (digital images currently unavailable)
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