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Or 17091

Record Id:

032-004377982

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-004377982

MDARK:

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Or 17091

Title:

Sermons and homilies from the archives of Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor: on the Scroll of Esther & the Festival of Purim

Scope & Content:

Sermons and homilies from the archives of Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor (HED): on the Scroll of Esther & the Festival of Purim.

Or 17091 (1): Sermonic and homiletical items for the Festival of Purim and on the Scroll of Esther, including extracts from the following sources: Yeshu‘a gedolah / ישועה גדולה (by Rabbi Jonathan Eybeschutz); Ma‘aśe toḳpo / מעשה תקפו (by Rabbi Solomon Twena?, a colleague of HED); Ayelet ha-shaḥar / אילת השחר; Liṿyat ’or / לוית אור; and the Sage Judah [Fatiyah (alt.: Patiyah, etc., a colleague of HED)] / ח’ יאודה [פתייה].

Or 17091 (2): Homiletical items on the Scroll of Esther, from various sources including: Bina la-‘ittim / בינה לעתים; Ḳol Ya‘aḳov / קול יעקב; Ye‘arot devash / יערות דבש (given as “Ya‘rat devash”).

Or 17091 (3): Fragment of what seems to be a hand-size sheet that HED prepared for reference when preaching. Side A: list of brief quotes from the Scroll of Esther; Side B: part of homily on Esther.

Or 17091 (4): Seems to be a hand-size sheet that HED prepared for reference when preaching. Side A: 25 chapter-headings of homiletic interpretation on passages from Esther; Side B: short homiletical items from various including the following: manuscript; Moses Alshich / משה אלשיך; Malbim / מלבים; Binah la-‘itim / בינה לעתים; and his own manuscript containing his sermons.

Or 17091 (5): Sermons / homilies on the Scroll of Esther and the holiday of Purim. Sources include: Perah Shushan / פרח שושן (by Ephraim Silber, published in Horodenka, Galicia [present day Ukraine], 1896); the Sage Judah Fatiyah (alt.: Patiya, etc., a colleague of HED) / ח’ יאודה פתייה; Yeshu‘a gedolah / ישועה גדולה (by Rabbi Jonathan Eybeschutz); Ma‘aśeh toḳpo / מעשה תקפו (by Rabbi Solomon Twena?, a colleague of HED); and Ayelet ha-shaḥar / אילת השחר.

Or 17091 (6): On the saying ‘On Purim, a man is obligated to become intoxicated to the point that he does not know [the difference] between “Blessed is Mordechai” and “Cursed is Haman”’ (see Babylonian Talmud, Megillah 7b): 5 interpretations: one from Binah la-‘itim / בינה לעתים; and four from Ye‘arot devash / יערות דבש (although the source of the first two of these four is given as “Ya‘rat devash”).

Or 17091 (7): ‘Number 2’: folio 1a-b, Sermon condensed from Yosef Leḳaḥ / יוסף לקח (by Rabbi Eliezer Ashkenazi; published Cremona 1576, folios 35a – 36b); folio 2a seems to contain homiletic interpretations condensed from ibid.; folios 2b – 4b (= end), sermons condensed from Ye‘arot devash / יערות דבש.

Or 17091 (8): Hermeneutics of Esther 1:16, from Shemen ha-mor / שמן המר.

Or 17091 (9): Homilies on Esther. Sources include: Artsot ha-shalom / ארצות השלום (Sermons by Malbim); and Ye‘arot devash / יערות דבש.

Or 17091 (10): Sermon on the Purim story, including the sins that engendered the decree against the Jews, and the repentance that engendered their realignment with God.

Or 17091 (11): Brief homiletical items on the Scroll of Esther, the sources of which include Malbim, three numbered manuscripts, Ḳol Ya‘aḳov / קול יעקב, Alshich / אלשיך, Ye‘arot devash / יערות דבש, Binah la-‘itim / בינה לעתים, and Maśkil ’el dal / משכיל אל דל; plus the story from the Jerusalem Talmud, Tractate Berakhot 1:1 (folio 4b in some editions), on the gradual unfolding of Israel’s redemption.

Or 17091 (12): Homiletics on the Scroll of Esther, condensed from Yosef Leḳaḥ / יוסף לקח (by Rabbi Eliezer Ashkenazi; published Cremona 1576).

Or 17091 (13): Brief homiletical items on the Scroll of Esther, from Yosef Leḳaḥ / יוסף לקח.

Or 17091 (14): Folio 1r: calculations in Arabic numerals; folio 1v: fragment of document of sale; folio 2a: printed Hebrew title page, ‘The Five Scrolls: Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Scroll of Esther, with Targum (= Aramaic translation) and the commentary of Rashi, and, on the Scroll of Esther, the Second Targum’, plus names of owners; folio 2b: printed, Rashi’s introduction to Song of Songs; handwritten, possibly a divine name in acrostic; folios 3 – 24 = folios 746 – 765 of the printed edition, containing the second half of the Scroll of Esther with commentaries; folio 25 = folio 766 of the printed edition, with a listing of the Torah readings for festivals; folio 26 = folio 768 of the printed edition, a flyleaf, with a handwritten mnemonic (?) on the back.

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Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

The Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor Archive

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Hierarchy:

032-004377982

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

14 Separate Items:

Or 17091 (1): 1 folio.

Or 17091 (2): 1 folio.

Or 17091 (3): 1 folio.

Or 17091 (4): 1 folio.

Or 17091 (5): 1 folio.

Or 17091 (6): 1 folio.

Or 17091 (7): Quire of 4 folios.

Or 17091 (8): 1 folio.

Or 17091 (9): 1 folio.

Or 17091 (10): 1 folio.

Or 17091 (11): 1 folio.

Or 17091 (12): Quire of 8 folios.

Or 17091 (13): 1 folio.

Or 17091 (14): 26 folios.

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Digitised Content:

Languages:

Hebrew

Scripts:

Hebrew

Start Date:

1860

End Date:

1930

Date Range:

1860-1930

Era:

Access:

Unavailable as awaiting conservation

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Physical Characteristics:

Or 17091 (1): Black and grey ink on yellowing, acidic paper, approximately 290 mm x 228 mm.

Or 17091 (2): Grey and brown ink on a single sheet of paper, approximately 191 mm x 149 mm.

Or 17091 (3): Black and grey ink on a fragment of a single sheet of brittle, yellowing, acidic paper, approximately 128 mm x 84 mm.

Or 17091 (4): Black and grey ink on a single sheet of yellowing, acidic paper, approximately 135 mm x 106 mm.

Or 17091 (5): Black ink on a single sheet of brittle, yellowing paper, approximately 419 mm x 267 mm.

Or 17091 (6): Black ink on a single sheet of blue paper, approximately 208 mm x 131 mm. Some paper missing from top left.

Or 17091 (7): 1 quire consisting of 2 unbound bifolia constituting 4 folios, black ink on paper, approximately 138 mm x 106 mm.

Or 17091 (8): Purple ink on a single sheet of paper, approximately 214 mm x 130 mm.

Or 17091 (9): Brown and black ink on a single sheet of paper, approximately 181 mm x 112 mm.

Or 17091 (10): Grey, black, and faint grey ink on paper, approximately 221 mm x 166 mm.

Or 17091 (11): Black and grey ink on a fragment of single page of crumbling, yellowing, acidic paper, approximately 186 mm x 112 mm.

Or 17091 (12): 1 quire consisting of 4 unbound bifolia constituting 8 folios, black ink on paper, approximately 135 mm x 106 mm.

Or 17091 (13): Black or dark brown ink a single sheet of paper, approximately 134 mm x 107 mm.

Or 17091 (14): 26 folios. Paper, approximately 173 mm x 117 mm. Fragment of printed work in black ink. Flyleaves = folios 1, 2, and 26. The flyleaves contain handwriting in grey and black inks; folios 2 and 26 have printing, too.

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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