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Or 17061

Record Id:

032-004377926

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-004377926

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Or 17061

Title:

Sermons, Essays, and Torah Thoughts, mid 5685 Anno Mundi

Scope & Content:

One of Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor's (HED’s) notebooks, containing [1] Sermons for various occasions, essays on Jewish themes and biblical and Rabbinic passages, Hebrew word studies, poems, remedies and protections, laws and customs, and Jewish data; [2] Financial records; and [3] Table of Contents for category [1].

The first item is dated to mid 5685 Anno Mundi (= 1925). A financial item on folio 131r seems to be dated to 20 Elul ‘63. Depending on which era is being used, this would be 1903, or approximately 1923, plus or minus.

Personal details: [A] A sermon that HED delivered on the dedication of his home, on 5651 Anno Mundi, week of Torah portion Ṿa-Yigash / ויגש and Hanukkah [= December 1890], is transcribed beginning on folio 111v (= HED p. 222). Here, as in his writing in MS Or 17051 (4), he follows the view that the blessing Sheheḥiyanu / שהחיינו is to be recited on this occasion – this was a matter of controversy; and here as there he gives the text of a kabbalistic ‘unification’ and thanksgiving formula to be recited prior to the blessing. [B] A number of works extracted here were obtained from Hakham Ḥayim.

[1] Folios 1 - top 131r: sermons, essays, etc., in Hebrew.

Most of the sermons, etc., are taken from the works of others, with glosses by HED, indicated by (ע”ד). Some items are HED’s original work.

Sermon occasions and essay topics include: Shabbat ha-gadol, the ‘Great Sabbath’, viz. the Sabbath before Passover; Purim; Passover; Shabbat Shuva; the Torah; the dedication of a Torah scroll in someone’s memory; protection against maladies (such as cholera); old age; weekly Torah readings; dedication of a home; eulogies; redemption of the first-born son; 70 names of Israel and of the Torah.

Sources inclulde: She’erit Ya‘aḳov / שארית יעקב; Ha-Me’asef / המאסף, year 18, vol. 2-a; Midrash Talpiot / מדרש תלפיות; Sefer refu’ot u-segulot / ספר רפואות וסגולות (The book of cures and charms [protection against cholera]); Maṭe Menashe / מטה מנשה; Divre Shelomo / דברי שלמה; Ḥen Ṭov / חן טוב; Our Rabbi Baḥya (ben Asher) / רבינו בחיי; Erets Ḥemda / ארץ חמדה; Em ha-yeled in Em la-bina / ספר אם הילד באם לבינה; Sefer ha-middot le-RaNHU (= Rabbi Naphtali Hirz Wessely) / ספר המדות לרנה”ו; Zohar Ḥadash / זוהר חדש; Bina la-‘ittim / בינה לעתים (?); Sha‘ar bat rabbim / שער בת רבים; ’Alef.H.Y / אה”י (presumably = Ohel Ya‘aḳov / אהל יעקב); Sh.B.R / שב”ר; Maśkil el dal / משכיל אל דל; Ha-Maggid / המגיד; ‘Arve Naḥal / ערבי נחל; Shema‘ Ya‘aḳov / שמע יעקב; Natan ha-ḥay / נתן החי (?); Sefer Zekhira [ṿ]‘inyan[e] segulot / ספר זכירה ענין [או: ועניני] סגולות; Erets ḥemda / ארץ חמדה; Biḳoret ha-Talmud / בקורת התלמוד; Peḳudat ha-melekh / פקודת המלך; Ṿe-Zot li-Yhuda / וזאת ליהודה; Doresh Be‘adi / דורש בעדי; ‘Aḳeda / עקידה; Malbim /מלבי”ם; Yosef Leḳaḥ on Esther / יוסף לקח - אסתר; Aḳim et Yitsḥaḳ / אקים את יצחק; Ya‘rat devash / יערת דבש; Maṭe Yiśakhar / מטה יששכר; Birkhat mo‘adekha la-ḥayim / ברכת מועדיך לחיים, by Rabbi Ḥayim Palagi; Miḳdash Me‘aṭ on Psalms / מקדש מעט (I purchased it (or: took it: לקחתיו) from Hakham Ḥayim); Divre Sha’ul / דברי שאול; Sama de-ḥaye / סמא דחיי; Imre No‘am / אמרי נועם (secondarily); Mili Di-ve-reḥuta / מלי דבריחותא (from Hakham Ḥayim); Artsot ha-shalom / ארצות השלום (I purchased it (or: took it: לקחתיו) from Hakham Ḥayim); Ma’amar Mordekhai ḳaṭan / מאמר מרדכי קטן (I borrowed it from Hakham Ḥayim); Abarbanel / אברבנאל; Ma‘aśe ḥoshev / מעשה חושב; Melekhet Maḥashevet / מלאכת מחשבת; Naftali śeva‘ ratson / נפתלי שבע רצון; Meged yeraḥim / מגד ירחים; Dorot / דורות; Nofekh Mishle / נופך משלי; Hon rav / הון רב; N.Sh.R / נש”ר; Se‘arat Eliyahu / סערת אליהו; Shemena laḥmo / שמנה לחמו; Solomon Ibn Gabirol / שלמה ן’ גבירול; oral transmission (‘I heard [it]’); Shte Yadot / שתי ידות; Divre Ḥakhamim / דברי חכמים; Midrash Peli’ya / מדרש פליאה; Emunat Ḥakhamim by Rabbi Aviad Sar Shalom Basilea / אמונת חכמים של הרב אבי עד שר שלום באזילה; and Shemen ha-mor / שמן המור.

[2] Folios 133r, 132v-r, 131r (opening the notebook from back to front): financial accounts, in Judeo-Arabic.

[3] Folios 133v and 131v (opening the notebook from back to front): Table of contents for category [1] (Hebrew sermons, etc.).

[End]

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

The Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor Archive

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-004377926

Is part of:

not applicable

Hierarchy:

032-004377926

Container:

not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 leatherbound notebook, 133 folios.

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic

Scripts:

Hebrew

Start Date:

1925

End Date:

1925

Date Range:

1925

Era:

Place of Origin:

Baghdad, Iraq

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User Conditions:

Physical Characteristics:

205 mm x 140 mm. Red soft leather cover. Acidic yellowing paper. Written in black, grey, brown, and purple ink, and pencil.

Custodial History:

Dangoor Family

Source of Acquisition:

Dangoor Family (heirs of the author)

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Dangoor, Ezra Reuben, Ḥakham Bashi = Chief Rabbi, 1848-1930

Related Archive Descriptions:

Or 17051