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Or 10399
- Record Id:
- 032-003457170
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- Or 10399
- Title:
- Jewish prayer book, Yemenite rite
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 261 folios (261+xiii)
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10399 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
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- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 1800-1899
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10399
Jewish prayer book, Yemenite rite
Contents
Jewish prayer book according to the Yemenite rite.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-261vTitle: סדור מנהג תימן לימים נוראים וסכותTitle: Sidur minhag Teman le-Yamim Noraʼim ṿe-SukotWith a commentary on Ets ha-Hayim (the Tree of Life) by Yaḥya ben Yosef Ibn Tzalah; f. 1r: .
Begins with introductions, which were printed at the beginning of a Tiklal (a yemenite Siddur), one of them is by Yehudah Tsa’adi ben Shelomoh: מורי זקיני מהר"ר צאלח ... יקרא פרי צדיק ... (f. 7v).
Ff. 1r-5r: Introduction; ff. 5r-8r: Second Introduction. Ff. 4r-4v, outer and lower margins: the copyist added a polemical piece, arguing against those who converted the traditional customs of their forefathers to Isaac Luria’s (ha-Ari’s) version of praying with mystical intentions (kavanot). At the end of the polemics he wanted to copy the "words of my teacher [..] in the book Nefesh ha-Hayim" but he didn’t: אעתיק לך בס"ד דברי מורי הגאון מהר"ח ז"ל בס' נפש החיים שער ב' ... (end of marginal text on f. 4v).
F. 10r: סדר היתר נדרים לערב ר"ה.
F. 14r: תפלת רוש השנה and in smaller characters עץ חיים.
Ff. 15v-21v (in the outer margins): a fragment from the book Peri Tsadiḳ (פרי צדיק) most probably by Tzalah ben Yaḥya, in even smaller characters.
F. 44r: תפלת עשרת ימי תשובה.
F. 45r: סדר תפלת ליל כפורים.
F. 57v: תפלת מוסף.
F. 59r: סדר עבודה.
F. 75r: כתר מלכות.
F. 94r: תפלת מנחה.
F. 106v: ערבית מוצאי כפורים.
F. 161v: והולאי סליחות מיסוד זקני מהר"ר צאלח נ"ע.
Ff. 194r-195r: indices.
F. 195v: תפילת פנים.
F. 196r: חידושי דינים השייכים לר"ה וכיפור.
F. 198r: ערבית לחג הסוכות.
F. 203v: יום שלישי חול המועד.
F. 204v: הקדמה.
F. 206v: הושענות ליום ראשון.
F. 234v: תפלת שמיני עצרת.
F. 239v: ליל שמחת תורה.
F. 260r: תפלת על הפרנסה.
At the end of the manuscript: a prayer for livelihood.
Colophon: היום יום י"ג בניסן אשר עומד לנס ויהי לנס שמורים לכל בני ישראל כה מעתיר ומהחנן איש עני מקוה לחסדו רבוני הצעיר יחיא בן לא"א כמה"ר יוסף ן' כמה"ר צאלח זכר כולם לברכה f. 8rPhysical Description
Paper codex of the 19th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Pre-lined paper. Dry stamp of paper producer(?) e.g. on ff. 5, 197, 224.Extent: 261 folios (261+xiii)Dimensions (leaf): 170 × 118 mm.Dimensions (written): 124 × 85 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Ff. 8v, 9v, 13v, 196v, 197v are blank.
Ff. 1-8 may not be out of sequence: stains and damages on these leaves do not match the stains and damages on the leaves before and after.
Collation
Quires of mostly 8 leaves.
Catchword on most versos.
Condition
Collation is falling apart, some leaves have come loose.
Usage stains, slight iron gall ink corrosion.
Smudged ink on f. 154r.
Last three back flyleaves are mutilated.
Layout
Columns:1
Uniform layout.
Ruling in hard point is visible.
Marginal commentaries are written in smaller script.
Hand(s)
Yemenite Hebrew square script of the 19th century.
Decoration
Very simple decorations over some initial words; in red and green ink (e.g. ff. 10r, 14r).
Additions:Binding
Brown leather binding, blind-tooled, with remains of a pair of toggles and loops. Boxed.
M. Gaster's label on spine: '924 תפלות כפור וס... תימן - עם פ' עץ חיים'.
Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1800-1899 19th centuryProvenance and Acquisition
Note on f. 10r above the stamp of an owner: יזכני האל... הבורא למלאות כל משאלות להגות בזה הספר ולהבין כל דבריו בדעה נכונה אני.
Stamp of an owner(?) on ff. front flyleaf (i)r and f. 9r: אברהם בן חיים ....
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 924; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 10 April 1930.
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
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