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Or 10695

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Or 10695
Title:
Kabbalistic Torah commentary
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
382 folios (ix+382+viii)
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Languages:
Hebrew
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1700-1799
Era:
CE
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Names:
Attar, Ḥayyim ben Moses, 1696-1743
Attar, Ḥayyim ben Moses, 1696-1743
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Luria, Isaac ben Solomon, 1534-1572
Luria, Isaac ben Solomon, 1534-1572
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Or 10695

Kabbalistic Torah commentary

Contents

Anonymous kabbalistic commentary on the last two parashiyot of the Book of Genesis.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-382r
Title: פרוש התורה על דרך הקבלה (בראשית, פרשת ויגש-ויחי)
Title: Perush ha-Torah ʻal derekh ha-Ḳabalah (Be-reshit, parashat Ṿa-yigash-Ṿa-yeḥi)

Anonymous commentary on the weekly portions: Parashat Va-yiggash (Gen. 44:18-47:27) and Parashat Va-yeḥi (Gen. 47:28-50:26)).

Isaac Luria is frequently quoted (e.g. f. 4v, line 6 from below): האר"י זלה"ה ... ועיין במה שכתבנו בפי' וישב ....

Ḥayyim ibn Attar is quoted on ff. 40v (line ) and 53r (line 1): הרב חיים בן עטר.

Colophon:
ff. 1r-170v
Title: Parashat Va-yigash

Elijah Mizrahi is quoted on f. 18r: והרא"ם ז"ל השיב... (line 9 from below).

ff. 171r-382r
Title: Parashat Va-yeḥi

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 18th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 382 folios (ix+382+viii)
Dimensions (leaf): 227 × 160 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

Catchword on the verso sides.

Condition

Usage stains, worm damage.

Damaged spine and covers.

F. 329 is upside down.

Layout

Columns:1

Running title.

Fold out markers (marginal notes left when rest was trimmed).

Hand(s)

Oriental/Sefardi Hebrew cursive script of the 18th century.

Binding

Post-1600, half-bound with printed paper covers. Boxed.

History

Origin: 1700-1799 18th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. ; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 9 September 1929.

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).

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_10695 (digital images currently unavailable)

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