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Barukh she-ʾamar by Samson ben Eliezer
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Extent:
49 folios (i+49+i)
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1749
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1750
Date Range:
1749-1750
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Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Samson ben Eliezer, fl 14th century
Samson ben Eliezer, fl 14th century
Shimeʿon Karlsuhe
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Or 10679

Barukh she-ʾamar by Samson ben Eliezer

Contents

A treatise on the writing of Torah scrolls, tefilin and mezuzot.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1v-49v
Author: שמשון בן אליעזר Samson ben Eliezer, active 14th century
Title: ברוך שאמר
Title: Barukh she-ʾamar

The order of the leaves is muddled. Several leaves were bound, or written, out of order. The composition begins at f. 20r. The author's introduction is on f. 31r.

Includes: various supplements, some of which are not to be found in the printed version. Ff. 12v-16r: Halakhot from Tur Oraḥ Ḥayim and from Tur Yoreh Deʿah concerning writing a Torah scroll etc.; ff. 19r-20r: מעשה שהיה בא’ המקומות שעברתי בהביאי חיבורי נ"ש לבית הדפוס by Shemuʾel Segal (הצעיר שמואל סג"ל) (ff. 19r-20v), who is, most probably, Shemuʾel ben David ha-Leṿi, the author of the book Nahalat Shivʿah.

On ff. 34r-39r: "חלק שני ס’ ברוך שאמר הלכות ס"ת". This text was written later and is not a part of the book Barukh she-Amar.

F. 37r: לבוש עטרת זהב is mentioned.

Ff. 40r-46v: הא לך א"ב גדולה כפי שתקן עזרא הסופר ע"ה. Ending with 72 Halakhot of the Torah scroll.

Ff. 46v-47v: from Otiyot de-Rabbi Akiva (letters of Rabbi Aḳiva).

Ff. 1v-7r: text in two columns, right column: מחבר, left column: הגה[ות].

Colophon: זה הספר העתקתי אני הק’ שמעון קרלסרוא שנת מ’י’ י’ת’ן’ והיו לבבינו ליראת השם ... f. 31r

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 18th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper without laid lines and chain lines, watermark: 'F.V.B.' (e.g. ff. 15, 37).
Extent: 49 folios (i+49+i)
Dimensions (leaf): 215 × 165 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

Indeterminable.

Catchword on almost every page.

Condition

Usage stains,

Layout

Columns:1 2

Ruled lines: 1

Written lines: 29 31

Ff. 1v-7r: two columns.

Not uniform layout.

Ruling (of the margins) in pencil is visible.

Hand(s)

Ashkenazi cursive and square script of the 18th century. Scribe: Shimeʿon Karlsuhe.

Ff. 16v-18v and 31v-33v: Oriental cursive script.

Decoration

Additions:

Ff. 16v-18v were written by a different hand: וזאת תשובת יוספ המלך התוגרמי ; the same hand on ff. 31v-33v: מכתב רב חסדא מ"כ למלך אלכזר.

F. 33v: doodles in Hebrew and Latin script, among other the name 'Juda' appears.

Binding

Post-1600, black cloth binding.

M. Gaster's label on spine: '182 ברוך שאמר אגרות ...'.

Accompanying Material

History

Origin: 1749-1750

Provenance and Acquisition

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 182; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 3 February 1928.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel.

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