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Or 17088
- Record Id:
- 032-004377968
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004377968
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100169032935.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 17088
- Title:
- מסייר אל זמאן
- Additional Titles:
-
מְנַהֵג הזמן
The Mover of Time
The Driver of Time
- Scope & Content:
- Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor's Judeo-Arabic encyclopedic work, מסייר אל זמאן (‘Mover/Driver of Time’), presenting basic knowledge of Jewish theology, praxis, ethics, and great personae, alongside basic knowledge of universal ethics, wisdom, and technological progress.
Topics covered include: wisdom fables; ethics and ethical conduct; upright conduct - humane, including helping others even at one's own expense, Derekh Erets / דרך ארץ = decency; upright conduct - religious, introducing Prayer, Tefillin, the Cycle of the Week, the Sabbath, the Cycle of the Year, Religious festivals including Passover and the Seder, the ‘Omer, Rosh Hashanah, Shofar, repentance, Sukkot; religion and faith; dressing in a modest / becoming manner; foundations of the Torah; charity [literally: righteousness]; visiting the sick; wise sayings of the philosophers; wise sayings of the Rabbis; great people and lessons from their lives; man is but a guest in this world; the soul.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- The Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor Archive
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-004377968", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 17088: מסייר אל זמאן" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004377968
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004377968
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 10 consecutive notebooks, totalling 198 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Aramaic
Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic - Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1860
- End Date:
- 1930
- Date Range:
- 1860-1930
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Baghdad, Iraq
- Access:
- Unavailable as awaiting conservation
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- 10 softcover school notebooks, each measuring 204 mm x 158 mm. Written in black and blue ink.
- 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 17089
Or 17090